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Monthly Archives: April 2013
“It’s A War” Blackbird Blackbird
You know when you hear a song, and it completely overtakes you for a moment. Like it somehow, can change your perception of the world?? This song to me, is so poetic in its nature! Perfect daydreaming music…
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Tagged blackbird blackbird, Indie Music, life, Literature, music, poetry
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“The Forms of Love” George Oppen
Ok, so I think this poem, “The Forms Of Love” by George Oppen is so oddly beautiful because, in part, of its simplicity. Oppen was part of a literary movement known as the Objectivists, who were influenced greatly by the … Continue reading
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Tagged american poetry, Art, Arts, Authors, beauty, Book, books, existence, Friendship, George Oppen, life, Literature, Love, Online Writing, Oppen, poetry, poetry review, Poker, The Forms of Love, Wallace Stevens
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“Like Some Rhino Hunters I Know”
Whoever is like me, and thinks that Ernest Hemingway was the baddest man around, and will forever be one of, if not the, great American novelist, watch this awesome video from Midnight In Paris!
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Tagged Arts, Authors, beauty, books, Ernest Hemingway, existence, life, Literature, Midnight in Paris, mortality, Paris, poetry, Rhinoceros, United States
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“You Fit Into Me” Margaret Atwood
OK, so this tiny, and amazing little poem is the one that helped me to realize how much power and emotion is hidden within the written language. And we are meant to uncover it! I first read this poem when … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative, american poetry, Art, Arts, Authors, books, Canadian, Fish hook, Indie Music, life, Literature, Love, Margaret Atwood, music, Online Writing, poetry, poetry review, Real Estate, Twitter, you fit into me
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“When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” Walt Whitman
When I heard the learn’d astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured … Continue reading
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Tagged america, american poetry, Art, Arts, life, Literature, night, night sky, Online Writing, poems, poetry, sky, stars, United States, walt whitman, when i heard the learn'd astronomer, Whitman, writing
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“In That Other Fantasy Where We Live Forever” Wanda Coleman
I was a TA for a general education English glass in school, and this poem was assigned on one of the first days of class. It was so funny, because the students immediately decided that poetry was irrelevant, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged american poetry, Arizona, Art, Arts, Coleman, El Dorado, english, English poetry, Grand Canyon, life, litera, los angelas, mortality, Mount Wilson, poetry, poetry review, style, Thought, Wanda Coleman
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“Runway, Houses, City, Clouds” Tame Impala
Just listen, and think of home, when ever, and where ever it is…
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Tagged Arts, Australia, beauty, Chevrolet Impala, coachella, home, Independent music, life, Literature, music, Perth Western Australia, poetry, runway houses city clouds, tame impala, Television
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“We Need To Make Books Cool Again”
This is such a great quote… stack your shelves people…. books are cool. They speak for themselves
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Tagged Book, books, Bookselling, Business and Economy, Great Books, john waters, Literature, poetry, quotes, Shopping, Used and Rare
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“On the Death of Friends in Childhood” -Donald Justice
Alright, so I wanted to begin this blog with one of my favorite poems, On the Death of Friends in Childhood, by Donald Justice… We shall not ever meet them bearded in heaven, Nor sunning themselves among the bald of hell; If … Continue reading
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