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sarah arvio friday
VALENTINE’S & WORTHY SUBJECTS I’m blogging on Valentine’s week without the merest nod to the Valentine. But here is something about poetry and the heart. * * * I think I may…
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Happy Birthday, Harold Arlen
I have a feelingIt's a feeling I'm concealingI don't know why It's just a mental, Incidental, SentimentalAlibi. But I adore you, So strong for you, Why go on stalling, I am falling, Love is…
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sarah arvio thursday
SELF-INTERVIEW IV WRITING “NIGHT THOUGHTS” (night thoughts: 70 dreams & notes from an analysis was published last month by Knopf.) I’ve always told myself that, as a poet, I’m only waiting and listening. However,…
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The Kiss (by Italo Svevo)
The first kiss, I gave you as coldly as I would have put my name to a contract; the second, I gave with enormous curiosity to analyze you and myself, but in fact, I…
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Challenge for Valentines Day: Who Wrote the Lyrics?
Here is the opening scene from the 1995 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III, which sets the play in fascist England. For extra credit, identify the lyricist(s) who wrote this catchy song. The talented…
