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  • They Didn’t Believe Me (Jerome Kern’s breakout song: 1917 )

    January 26, 2023

    And when I told them How beautiful you are They didn't believe me They didn't believe me Your lips, your eyes Your curly hair Are in a class beyond compare You're the loveliest girl…

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  • “Yonder, a Rental” [by Anna Maria Hong]

    January 25, 2023

    Time to howl at the celestial sphere,that full frontal silver dollar, the verypaintball of pallor and elemental other.It’s all or nada as noonnight’s empanada discloses her pretty quarter, the priest’s collarhung high on the…

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  • Two Songs, Different Eras: Discuss. [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]

    January 25, 2023

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  • WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: JANUARY 25, 2023

    January 25, 2023

    Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology was released January 19th (on Dolly’s birthday) by Madville Publishing. Editors Dustin Brookshire and Julie E. Bloemeke are donating their annual royalties to Dolly Parton's…

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  • Thomas Hauert’s “Efeu”: Where do we end? [by Tracy Danison]

    January 24, 2023

    "Efeu" (Ivy) Thomas Hauert and cie ZOO. Photo © Bart Grietens Choreographer and performer Thomas Hauert says one of his concerns over the years has been how people are in their world. Through a…

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  • from “Julius Jaffe: The Poems” [by Mitch Sisskind]

    January 24, 2023

    The Shlump Jess Rabin and Julius Jaffe were walking with a shlump.Jess Rabin said to Julius Jaffe, "Open your mouth and"Deliver words of Torah." Julius Jaffe replied, "'Her ways""Are ways of delight.'" (Proverbs 3:17)…

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