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“Where or When” with Dinah Shore and Frank Sinatra [by David Lehman]
Here's a love song that doublesas an uncanny momentof deja-vu bliss:"Where or When"by Rodgers and HartListen to the music soarwith Sinatra and Dinah Shoreon black-and-white TVin 1958then linger over your second cup of coffeewith "I See…
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Waltzing Matilda. . .
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabongUnder the shade of a coolibah tree,And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled:"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me." Chorus:Waltzing Matilda, waltzing MatildaYou'll…
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Meet the Press: Dante Di Stefano in Conversation with Kelly Forsythe and Emily Grise of Copper Canyon Press
DD: I’d like to start by quoting the last five lines from Jim Harrison’s poem, “Books,” published posthumously in Dead Man’s Float: I must sell these books, some quite rare, or exchange them…
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Wake up: Elvis sings “Witchcraft” and Sinatra sings “Love Me Tender”
It's witchcraft wicked witchcraftwhen Elvis came home from the armyand he and Sinatra sang this duetWhat a thrillFor my darling I love you and I always will
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Does Poetry Defeat Politics? Not so fast! [by David Lehman]
Wall Street has “headline risk”—the possibility that bad news will result in swift stock market corrections. Journalism has headline poetry. The ingenuity displayed in a headline limited to very few characters creates memorable lines…
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“The closest we get to freedom” [by Kirsten Chen]
is it Saturday morning—talking to a lover in bed?Nothing top-hits or big decisionsI mean something windy and forgettable.Jazz breakfast. Construction alarm.That must be it.It can’t be the sun-rose skylineor the one-way ticket.Fuck that, it’s…
