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

Mar 30, 2012

Emily Dickinson, "A bird came down the Walk" (328)

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Flicker, July 2011 Here is my latest response (tweaked a little) to the thoughtful visitor comments here after my last post (Ma...
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Mar 22, 2012

Luke Davies, Totem [In the yellow time of pollen]

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from Totem Poem [In the yellow time of pollen] by Luke Davies : The Poetry Foundation Thanks to this early, early spring and once...
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Mar 15, 2012

Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn": Forgotten Towns and "Sunday Morning Coming Down"

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The famous conclusion of Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" makes for great discussions. I think we should wonder if Beauty...
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Mar 11, 2012

Rae Armantrout, "Two, Three"

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  Two, Three by Rae Armantrout : The Poetry Foundation Rae Armantrout : The Poetry Foundation Sometimes brainy poetry is just ...
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Feb 27, 2012

Ted Kooser's "Late February," Sandhill Cranes, Kensington

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Late February by Ted Kooser : The Poetry Foundation The wind was cold off Kent Lake yesterday, but the sky was pure bl...
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Feb 23, 2012

Kevin Young's “The Mission” and Emily Dickinson's "I Heard a Fly Buzz"

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The Mission by Kevin Young : Poetry Magazine A useful, non-academic, good way to try to love poetry might be searching our own exp...
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