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

Aug 27, 2012

Franz Wright, Bob Hicok: Poems about Fathers

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An Old Pic A New Pic Postcard 2 by Franz Wright : Poetry Magazine O my pa-pa by Bob Hicok : Poetry Magazine ...
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Aug 15, 2012

Franz Wright, "To Myself": Nitty-Gritty Love

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Wood Stork Love? Guana River Preserve, FL, 2010 My thanks to Caitlin Kimball for introducing me to this poem by Franz Wright (son of p...
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Aug 8, 2012

Emily Dickinson, "This Quiet Dust"

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Thanks to Hannah Stephenson for calling attention last March 30 to this eight-liner, Poem 813 by Emily Dickinson. I had never read it. ...
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Jul 29, 2012

Tony Hoagland, Stephen Dunn, and What's Memorable

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Let me begin with something I said in the Visitor Comments last time. I find Stephen Dunn’s work unusually consistent, especially ...
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Jul 25, 2012

Stephen Dunn’s “Here and Now”: a Brainy Look at Love

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Here and Now- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More Stephen Dunn’s “Here and Now”:  a Brainy Look at Love Stephen Du...
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Jul 21, 2012

Birds, Nerds, and Where the Love Is

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Birding: the Central Park Effect.   See it!  HBO.  Saturday through Wednesday and maybe beyond, at least once per day. Today’s post i...
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Jul 16, 2012

Russell Edson with John Prine, Iris DeMenthe, and Pacific Banjo

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Idyll? Imaginer? Seer? It's a summer Monday. We all might need a pretty scene and a lighter touch, so here is a Russell Edson p...
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