I am in here.
William Shakespeare’s grave At the moment, I am tackling Shakespeare: all of him. I have gotten a brand-new Complete Works for this particular purpose. This new edition, put out by the Royal Shakespeare Company, is far thicker and heavier than my very old and dusty one from college, even though it is printed on what … Continue reading That Special Book in My Life: Shakespeare
Soon this will all be minestrone, if I can find spinach and vegetable broth.
Every spring vacation, we would go to Miami Beach, and more often than not, the Bahamas as well. My dad didn’t let a small thing like 15-foot waves stop him. Bimini, Bahamas – Fishing boat leaving dock She was sitting, her whole body clenched, in the cabin of the fishing boat as it made its … Continue reading The girl in the boat
Well, not me, yet. But I like to keep tabs on what’s popular here, at least as far as poetry goes. This past week, it’s been the usual: Jacques Prévert’s Le Cheval Rouge (with handy translation by yours truly) and coming in at a distant second, we have Siegfried Sassoon’s The Death Bed. The latter … Continue reading What’s up for today
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