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My Papa’s….Abuse? How Shifts in Culture Find their Way into the Poetry Classroom
I’m great fan of Theodore Roethke’s poems, particularly his villanelle, “The Waking” (beautifully performed by jazz singer Kurt Elling. (click here to listen to The Waking on You Tube.) Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” is included in…
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Trump! YES!!! (by Mitch Sisskind)
Many years ago I attended a demonstration against the Vietnam War. There was a television crew from CBS filming the event, recognizable by the "eye" logo…
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Ai Weiwei, Dylan, and Despotism in China (Terence Winch)
At first I felt a profound disappointment, and some anger, when I heard the reports that Bob Dylan had allowed Chinese authorities to censor his setlist for a recent concert in China. There would…
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Mister President, Show Us Your Papers; Timeback100
Dear Bleaders, Hi. I can’t believe I am back here in the twenty-first century writing to you guys. I’ve thought of you a skillion times over the decades and I am laterally shivering to…
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El Morocco at the 92nd Street Y!
92Y’S LYRICS & LYRICISTS™ Presents “The Crowd's at El Morocco: The Heyday of the New York Nightclubs” And JULIE WILSON to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cole Porter Family DEBORAH GRACE WINER, Artistic…
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The Gambler’s Raison d’etre
Why do people gamble? "I think it's a biological necessity for certain types," said James J. Carrolll, so called "betting commissioner" of St Louis, who laid the odds for the Kentucky Derby and the…
