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

Jan 29, 2013

Hamlet's Words, Words, Words and "America" by Tony Hoagland

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I assume no one would choose to have diarrhea. Is it therefore safe to assume that people (Americans only?) do not choose to suffer from ...
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Jan 26, 2013

A Chair for Clint Eastwood. Curmudgeon Quiz.

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Apropos of nothing . . .  except maybe our extreme, possibly terminal narcissism . . .  why do people insist on...
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Jan 22, 2013

Pouncey's Restaurant and Stephen Dobyns' "Tenderly"

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Pouncey’s is a Mom & Pop in Perry, a fairly remote town in northwest Florida.  We chose it because the parking lot was full,...
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Dec 26, 2012

"Elegance" by Linda Gregg

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Here is “Elegance,” another Linda Gregg poem. At first I liked it more than “Winter Love” (last post), thought it had more to say; now I’m n...
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Dec 23, 2012

"Winter Love" by Linda Gregg

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Winter Love by Linda Gregg : The Poetry Foundation  Because of the season, I wanted to post a poem that was pleasant but no...
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Dec 14, 2012

Robert Frost's "The Wood-Pile": Karma, Monuments, Warmth and Decay

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The Wood-Pile by Robert Frost : The Poetry Foundation Yesterday on my walk in the woods, I tried to get a glimpse, and may...
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Nov 30, 2012

Franz Wright, "Postcard 2": Son and Father

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--> --> Last August 15 and 27 we discussed Franz Wright’s impressive poem, “To Myself.” Here’s “Postcard 2,” a darker...
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