Banjo52

Conversation. Especially literature and language, education, football and baseball, movies, history, then and now, birds, two-lane roads. "Banjo" is a fun word, and the instrument can make fine music. But this isn't really a blog about banjos, except in the metaphorical sense of interesting sounds riding across a valley from one porch to another. Click on any photo to enlarge. Students, remember to footnote. All text and photos: © 2009-2014 Banjo52

May 29, 2011

Elizabeth Bishop, "At the Fishouses": How Much Is Too Much?

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 That's enough hot dogs for one day. Go sit down and read.  Because I said so. At the Fishhouses by Elizabeth Bishop : The Poetry Foun...
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May 26, 2011

Ezra Pound, "In a Station of the Metro": How Much Is Enough?

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I wonder how often writing, or all art, succeeds or fails because the artist hasn't sensed how much is enough.  And to what extent is t...
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May 21, 2011

Bishop's "One Art," Day Two

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Okay, okay, here's the whole poem. One Art- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More  I wonder if the tone of banter in the first ...
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May 19, 2011

ELIZABETH BISHOP, "ONE ART," THE VILLANELLE

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Does he looks as if he's lost something? It’s been a while since I’ve ranted about a poem’s obligation to offer gifts along its way ...
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May 13, 2011

"Anecdote of the Jar," "Ozymandias," Permanence and Perception

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Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley : The Poetry Foundation [poem] Anecdote of the Jar by Wallace Stevens : Poetry Magazine [poem/magazine]...
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May 9, 2011

Wallace Stevens' "Anecdote of the Jar" and the Perception Process

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Anecdote of the Jar by Wallace Stevens : Poetry Magazine [poem/magazine] You have left your house. You are walking around. Where does your...
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May 5, 2011

e.e. cummings, "O sweet spontaneous"

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In the backyard, this young squirrel would seem ho-hum daily fare. But in the woods, I felt as if I'd discovered the essence of squirrel...
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