In honor of Doris Day, "Che Sera, Sera" was sung at sing-alongs in smart clubs all over the nation yesterday. Doris gets her own day in my Playlist: 1 / 4 / 18 Doris Day is a great screen name becauseof Oscar Levant’s witticism (he knew Doris Day“before she was a virgin”)...
I hadn’t read them in a while, but earlier this week I was doing an author visit to one of my mom’s book clubs and thought I’d rereadWater Sings Blue. I
TO THE PAST, andEVERY DAY WE ARE LEARNING. Next, there is the one and onlyJill Scott. One of the first singers to highlight Neo Soul on the national scene. Not only known for her vocals but Miss Scott also happens to be a poet.JSblack poetry;Caution,Pocket-Size #1,Kings at Clubs?
Lori and Deb W had hit their balls, and as they waited for me I drove up and jumped from my cart, checking my clubs to see To see which club I should use, hybrid six or seven, you see The six I chose and it was right, leading to explosive glee I went with six because of win...
Are ugly clubs, the Poets Polyphemes Disturbing the grand sea. A drainless shower Of light is poesy; ’tis the supreme of power; ’Tis might half slumb’ring on its own right arm. The very archings of her eye-lids charm A thousand willing agents to obey, ...
said partly out of a pique of regional pride, set him up for failure. By all accounts, though, he’s been a smashing success, taking The Word with him on an evangelical tour that’s brought him to hundreds of schools, libraries, museums, book clubs, writing conferences and educational co...
so long as I was getting out and about and blagging guest spots at other poetry clubs, so long as I was regularly getting to readings, to writing workshops and residentials, so long as I was doing that I was meeting poets of all kinds, listening to new voices, buying books. The whol...
suffering is somewhat contingent upon how the mind frames an event. How a person interprets negative events, like imprisonment, displacement and torture, can cause more or less distress. A monk I met when I was lost on a trek told me how he’d fled from Tibet after the torture. He desc...
on the last Friday in August. Poetry enthusiasts from all over New Zealand organise a feast of events – from poetry slams to flash and pop-up events – in venues that include schools, libraries, bars, galleries, surf clubs, and parks.This year’s NPD will be held on Friday 25 August....
It would be best if you rented some golf clubs, took some lessons, and played a game of golf before writing an opinion essay about why you don’t like golf. • Interview. Some writers like to collect quotes from subject matter experts or eye witnesses. • Observation. Sometimes you ...