Featured Poems of the Week:
Week of 6/13/21:
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By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
Consulting history’s clock But half the truth remains They ascertain it with a shock They will not look again. The second half of truth Is harmful to their cause The truth they do not care to know They muffle with their laws. |
By Emily Dickinson:
Consulting summer's clock, But half the hours remain. I ascertain it with a shock – I shall not look again. The second half of joy Is shorter than the first. The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest. |
A FEW NOTES:
The GOP is working hard to suppress the vote of people of color, and they are working equally hard to destroy our now-fragile democracy. Now they are working actively to whitewash our history and keep the truth out of classrooms.
Texas limits the teaching a slavery and actually has textbooks that refer to enslaved people as "immigrants" or "workers." Governor Abbott recently established the "1836 Project" to teach misinformation to students disguised as "patriotic education." Oklahoma has outlawed the mention of white privilege. The GOP has also worked diligently to silence the Pulitzer prize winning 1619 Project (the National Association of Scholars, a conservative advocacy group, has called on the Pulitzer Prize Board to rescind journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones' prize), and they are hoping to stop the spread of knowledge of the Tulsa Race Massacre (which -- in an attempt to shift blame unto the African-American community -- they call the Tulsa Race Riot).
In response to these and other efforts on the part of the GOP to re-white -- er, re-write -- our history, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's now-classic poem "Consulting history's clock" as one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Consulting summer's clock," our other Featured Poem.
The GOP is working hard to suppress the vote of people of color, and they are working equally hard to destroy our now-fragile democracy. Now they are working actively to whitewash our history and keep the truth out of classrooms.
Texas limits the teaching a slavery and actually has textbooks that refer to enslaved people as "immigrants" or "workers." Governor Abbott recently established the "1836 Project" to teach misinformation to students disguised as "patriotic education." Oklahoma has outlawed the mention of white privilege. The GOP has also worked diligently to silence the Pulitzer prize winning 1619 Project (the National Association of Scholars, a conservative advocacy group, has called on the Pulitzer Prize Board to rescind journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones' prize), and they are hoping to stop the spread of knowledge of the Tulsa Race Massacre (which -- in an attempt to shift blame unto the African-American community -- they call the Tulsa Race Riot).
In response to these and other efforts on the part of the GOP to re-white -- er, re-write -- our history, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's now-classic poem "Consulting history's clock" as one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Consulting summer's clock," our other Featured Poem.
IN OTHER NEWS: HAVE YOU SEEN MY NEW WEBSITE, "CODA"? IT INCLUDES A LIST OF MY TOP 100 CLASSICAL MUSIC FAVORITES -- HERE.
PLUS, ONCE PER WEEK, I LISTEN TO A PIECE I'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE AND RATE IT (HERE).
LAST WEEK I LISTENED TO MAX BRUCH'S CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS AND ORCHESTRA
THIS WEEK I WILL LISTEN TO ANTONIN DVORAK'S STRING QUARTET NO. 12 (THE "AMERICAN" QUARTET)
Last Week's Featured Poems of the Week:
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By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
When Bells stop ringing – School – will end The Positive – of Bells – When Class – stops – that's Vacation – The Ultimate – of Worlds |
By Emily Dickinson:
When Bells stop ringing – Church – begins The Positive – of Bells – When Cogs – stop – that's Circumference – The Ultimate – of Wheels |
A FEW NOTES:
Emmett Lee Dickinson, Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request -- wrote many poems about days in -- and out of -- school. He wrote poetry about snow days, HERE. He wrote poems about Spring Break, HERE. In addition, he wrote about the end of a school year and summer vacation in "When Bells stop ringing -- School -- will end," one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "When Bells stop ringing -- Church -- begins," our other Featured Poem.
Emmett Lee Dickinson, Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request -- wrote many poems about days in -- and out of -- school. He wrote poetry about snow days, HERE. He wrote poems about Spring Break, HERE. In addition, he wrote about the end of a school year and summer vacation in "When Bells stop ringing -- School -- will end," one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "When Bells stop ringing -- Church -- begins," our other Featured Poem.
Previous Week's Featured Poems of the Week:
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By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
Of GOP he asks one favor, That he may be forgiven – For what, he most certainly knows – His Crime, from us, is hidden – Although they took one Life So he should go to Prison They cover up his Nastiness That too completes this Villain. |
By Emily Dickinson:
Of God we ask one favor, That we may be forgiven – For what, he is presumed to know – The Crime, from us, is hidden – Immured the whole of Life Within a magic Prison We reprimand the Happiness That too competes with Heaven. |
A FEW NOTES:
I had absolutely no idea how fragile our democracy is (is it too early to say "was"?) -- but I had no idea that one of our major parties, the GOP, would work so vigorously to destroy our government. Oh, I've known for many years that their self-proclaimed monopoly on "family values" was a thin disguise, but I didn't think they would be complicit in a Russian-puppet's seditious attempt to over-throw our fair and free presidential election. I didn't think they would back that same traitor's "big lie." I didn't think that they would obstruct a bi-partisan commission to get to the bottom of that same con-man's coup attempt last January -- most likely because a number of our current GOP senators and representatives were in on the planning for the insurrection. It is all truly shocking.
Trump must grin like an orange Cheshire cat every time the GOP covers up his crimes. He must thank God that MAGAts are so incredibly naive and stupid.
Due to the GOP's duplicitous dealings with one of history's most extreme con artists, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's "Of GOP he asks one favor" as one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her pome "Of God we ask one favor," our other featured poem.
