Featured Poems of the Week:
Week of 11/28/21:
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By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
To venerate the shopping days Which lead the season on, Needs but to remember That from you and I They will take our earnings Termed insanity! To invest our income without such a care, Needs but to remember That the Credit due Is debt of the future For the coming year! |
By Emily Dickinson:
To venerate the simple days Which lead the seasons by, Needs but to remember That from you or me They may take the trifle Termed mortality! To invest existence with a stately air, Needs but to remember That the acorn there Is the egg of forests For the upper air! |
A FEW NOTES:
The big candy and foodie holidays have now come and gone -- National Candy Corn Day, Halloween, and Thanksgiving -- and even Black Friday is now in the history books -- so it is time to turn our attention to the 2021 spending season! That's right, folks, it's time to SPEND, SPEND, SPEND! How many shopping days are left? Not enough, to be sure!
In the spirit of Holiday Shopping, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's "To venerate the shopping days" as one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "To venerate the simple days," our other Featured Poem.
Happy shopping, one and all!
The big candy and foodie holidays have now come and gone -- National Candy Corn Day, Halloween, and Thanksgiving -- and even Black Friday is now in the history books -- so it is time to turn our attention to the 2021 spending season! That's right, folks, it's time to SPEND, SPEND, SPEND! How many shopping days are left? Not enough, to be sure!
In the spirit of Holiday Shopping, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's "To venerate the shopping days" as one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "To venerate the simple days," our other Featured Poem.
Happy shopping, one and all!
ALSO: I'm positing my Top 100 Favorite Works of Art. Check it out HERE.
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PLUS, ONCE PER WEEK, I LISTEN TO A PIECE I'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE AND RATE IT (HERE).
LAST WEEK I LISTENED TO "MOTHERSHIP" BY MASON BATES.
THIS WEEK I WILL LISTEN TO THE PIANO QUINTET IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP. 44, BY ROBERT SCHUMANN.
PLUS, ONCE PER WEEK, I LISTEN TO A PIECE I'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE AND RATE IT (HERE).
LAST WEEK I LISTENED TO "MOTHERSHIP" BY MASON BATES.
THIS WEEK I WILL LISTEN TO THE PIANO QUINTET IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP. 44, BY ROBERT SCHUMANN.
Last Week's Featured Poems of the Week:
Week of 11/21/21:
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By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
In Self-Defense – Acquittals – go – In Self-Defense – He can kill – if he tried, he knew – Killings make sense! And – if he stained his Armor – Cops would certainly hold? Oh, no – They know that he’s just a Boy – He’d – kill – for he could! |
By Emily Dickinson:
Over the fence – Strawberries – grow – Over the fence – I could climb – if I tried, I know – Berries are nice! But – if I stained my Apron – God would certainly scold! Oh, dear – I guess if He were a Boy – He'd – climb – if He could! |
A FEW NOTES:
White Supremacists have a lot to be thankful for this Thursday!
* Grand Wizard Trump has not been arrested for his planned insurrection to overthrow our government, and it is HIGHLY unlikely he will ever be held accountable for his crimes.
* The GOP is honing their skills at election fraud, and they are working diligently to white wash our history by scaring white folks with their new boogey man, "Critical Race Theory." (SPOILER ALERT: The year 1619 will be wiped from all history books.)
* A jury in Wisconsin found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges -- so our society has reached the pinnacle of white privilege: we can now walk the streets of protest with AR 15s and kill any and all we find threatening.
In tribute to the Rittenhouse jury's approval of murder in the streets, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem "In Self-Defense" as one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Over the fence," our other Featured Poem.
I wish one and all a happy Thanksgiving this week -- and if you're white, you have a LOT to be thankful for this year!
White Supremacists have a lot to be thankful for this Thursday!
* Grand Wizard Trump has not been arrested for his planned insurrection to overthrow our government, and it is HIGHLY unlikely he will ever be held accountable for his crimes.
* The GOP is honing their skills at election fraud, and they are working diligently to white wash our history by scaring white folks with their new boogey man, "Critical Race Theory." (SPOILER ALERT: The year 1619 will be wiped from all history books.)
* A jury in Wisconsin found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges -- so our society has reached the pinnacle of white privilege: we can now walk the streets of protest with AR 15s and kill any and all we find threatening.
In tribute to the Rittenhouse jury's approval of murder in the streets, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem "In Self-Defense" as one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Over the fence," our other Featured Poem.
I wish one and all a happy Thanksgiving this week -- and if you're white, you have a LOT to be thankful for this year!
Previous Week's Featured Poems of the Week:
WEEK OF 11/14/21:
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By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
I suppose the time will come Aid it in the coming When the Bird will crowd the Plate And the Cornbread stuffing I suppose the time will come Hurry it a little When the Corn and Peas we’ll mix And in Pie the Pumpkin I believe the Day will be When Leftovers we’ll gobble At our House for what it’s Worth Then, too, have a nibble – |
By Emily Dickinson:
I suppose the time will come Aid it in the coming When the Bird will crowd the Tree And the Bee be booming. I suppose the time will come Hinder it a little When the Corn in Silk will dress And in Chintz the Apple I believe the Day will be When the Jay will giggle At his new white House the Earth That, too, halt a little – |
A FEW NOTES:
Thanksgiving will be here before you know it, and in its coming, you will be able to crowd your plate with turkey and stuffing and mashed potatoes and green bean casserole and so on and on and on.
In tribute to all the turkeys out there, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's "I suppose the time will come" as one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem with the same opening line, our other Featured Poem.
Thanksgiving will be here before you know it, and in its coming, you will be able to crowd your plate with turkey and stuffing and mashed potatoes and green bean casserole and so on and on and on.
In tribute to all the turkeys out there, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's "I suppose the time will come" as one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem with the same opening line, our other Featured Poem.
