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It's Monday and time for more poetry! The Double-Bed Dream Gallows by Richard Brautigan Driving through hot brushy country the late autumn, I saw a hawk crucified on a barbed-wire fence. I guess as a kind of advertisement to other hawks, saying from the pages of a leading women’s magazine, “She’s beautiful, but burn all … Continue reading National Poetry Month!
Happy Friday to all! Two poems again today, and both are truly lovely. O Me! O Life! by Walt Whitman O Me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the foolish; Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who … Continue reading National Poetry Month!
And you thought we forgot. Two poems today! Two Giant Fat People by Rumi Hafiz God and I have become Like two giant fat people Living in a tiny boat We keep Bumping into each other And laughing. Mismatched Newlyweds by Rumi Hafiz Like a pair Of mismatched newlyweds, One of whom still feels very … Continue reading National Poetry Month!
Going strong National Poetry Month! A message from my chocolate bar and Robert Browning. Two in the Campagna by Robert Browning I I wonder do you feel to-day As I have felt since, hand in hand, We sat down on the grass, to stray In spirit better through the land, This morn of Rome and … Continue reading National Poetry Month!
Book: The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook Reviewed by: Grace Recently a cookbook came into my possession that I don't believe has garnered the proper attention. The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook came out in March but is definitely worth highlighting. With a forward by Paula Deen and nine chapters of delectable treats, … Continue reading A Night of Cooking out of The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook
Another day in April and today we celebrate Bukowski! Alone With Everybody by Charles Bukowski the flesh covers the bone and they put a mind in there and sometimes a soul, and the women break vases against the walls and the men drink too much and nobody finds the one but keep looking crawling in … Continue reading National Poetry Month!
Some fantastic new releases available TODAY! As usual, blurbs provided by the books’ publishers. HARDCOVER FICTION Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore It is the color of the Virgin Mary's cloak, a dazzling pigment desired by artists, an exquisite hue infused with danger, adventure, and perhaps even the supernatural. It is . . . Sacre Bleu. … Continue reading New Releases
In recognition of National Poetry Month we remember the late Adrienne Rich, who's work was has shaped the world of contemporary poetry as we know it. V. This apartment full of books could crack open to the thick jaws, the bulging eyes of monsters, easily: Once open the books, you have to face the underside … Continue reading The Beginning of National Poetry Month!
Book: The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist Reviewed by: Grace I would just like to start by saying I am in love with Daniel Clowes. I’ve come to terms with it. Sincerely, the man is perfect. Don’t believe me? Take a gander at The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist and you’ll soon realize just how many … Continue reading Daniel Clowes- The True Mr. Wonderful
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