Reading a new book of poems by A.L.Nielsen. The title is: A BRAND NEW BEGGAR.
A Steerage Press publication.
E-NOTES: WHEN THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. E. Ethelbert Miller's view of the world. Visit: http://www.eethelbertmiller.com
Thursday, May 23, 2013
IS THAT GOD AROUND THE CORNER?
In the absence of God some of us do bad things. We also use God's name to cover our crimes. Yes, God is great and man needs to learn something from him. Why are people passionate about their faith and filled with so much hatred? Why do we confuse political problems with religious ones?
Is it a sin to love? I'm just confused by what took place in England. Do we all have blood on our hands? I think not. Good people are working everyday to make this world a better place. When God comes back home he is going to tell us to take out the trash. I hope our souls are not hidden somewhere beneath the garbage.
Is it a sin to love? I'm just confused by what took place in England. Do we all have blood on our hands? I think not. Good people are working everyday to make this world a better place. When God comes back home he is going to tell us to take out the trash. I hope our souls are not hidden somewhere beneath the garbage.
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THE SCHOLARS - UDC-TV
Here is a link to the last television show I recorded. It's an interview with Ralph Eubanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cz9l2UnZdY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cz9l2UnZdY
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Recours au Poème
Poésies
& Mondes poétiques
Nouveaux articles en ligne cette semaine
Sommaire 51 / Issue 51 /Sumario 51
Pour toute proposition ou demande :
Focus Nikola Živanović, 6 poèmes
PoèmesJoël Bécam
Anne-Cécile Causse
Margaret Beston
Roger des Roches
SJ Fowler
Anne-Cécile Causse
Margaret Beston
Roger des Roches
SJ Fowler
Chroniques
Vu du Sud (3), la poésie d’ Abdellatif Laâbi, par Nasser Edine Boucheqif
Lecture (s), autour d’Eva-Maria Berg, Jigmé Thrinlé Gyatso, Danièle Faugeras, Dinu Flamand, par Paul Vermeulen
Essai
Tête d’Or, la force et le sens (Paul Claudel), par Claude-Pierre Pérez
Ecrire en situation mauricienne : l’obscurcissement de la perspective ontologique, par Catherine Boudet
Revue des revues :A L'Index, n°23, par Gwen Garnier-Duguy
http://www.recoursaupoeme.fr/revue-des-revues/le-23e-num%C3%A9ro-de-lindex/gwen-garnier-duguy
http://www.recoursaupoeme.fr/revue-des-revues/le-23e-num%C3%A9ro-de-lindex/gwen-garnier-duguy
CritiquesLa doublure de R. Roussel, par Lucien Wasselin
Brocéliande, de Gilles Baudry et Pierre Denic, par Pierre Tanguy
Anthologie de poésie canarienne : ontologie visible pour archipel inventé, par C. Boudet
Toucher terre de Vincent Pélissier, par Matthieu Baumier
Sur deux récents ouvrages de Salah Stétié, par JP Gavart Perret
Anthologie de poésie canarienne : ontologie visible pour archipel inventé, par C. Boudet
Toucher terre de Vincent Pélissier, par Matthieu Baumier
Sur deux récents ouvrages de Salah Stétié, par JP Gavart Perret
RencontreRencontre entre Sege Nunez Tolin, Marc Dugardin et Jean-François Grégoire
Directeur de la publication :
Gwen Garnier-Duguy
Rédacteur en chef :
Matthieu Baumier
Rédaction :
Mathieu Hilfiger
Michel Host
Antoine de Molesmes
Paul Vermeulen
Pascale Trück
Christophe Morlay
Michel Host
Antoine de Molesmes
Paul Vermeulen
Pascale Trück
Christophe Morlay
Collaborateurs réguliers
Jean-Luc
Maxence, Alain-Jacques Lacot, Alain Gopnic, Pascal Boulanger, Salima
Aït-Mohamed, Fabien Desur, Jean Maison, Matthieu Gosztola, Luis Bénitez,
Marie Stoltz, Bernard Mazo (┼), Gérard Bocholier, Malika Hadji, Andrjez
Taczyński, Pierre Maubé, Max Alhau, Marija Knezevic, Giriraj Kiradoo
Sophie d’Alençon, Dubravka Djuric, Phil McBeath, Denis Emorine, Eze
Baoulé, Lucia Acquistapace, Zvonko Karanovic, Jean-Pierre Védrines,
Dimitra Kotoula, Didier Bazy, Željko Mitić, Shasheen Sauneree,
Maximilien Kronberger, Christos Chrissopoulos, Nathanaël, Arundhathi
Subramaniam, Katerina Iliopoulou, Christophe Dauphin, Nina Zivancevic,
Yves Roullière, Elizabeth Brunazzi, Andrew Taylor, Brigitte Gyr, Maja
Herman Sékulic, Marissa Bell Toffoli, Ian Gibbins, Jelena Radovanović,
Laura Vazquez, Michel Baglin, Damir Sodan, Jean-Luc Wauthier, Eva-Maria
Berg, Dominique Sorrente, Márcia Marques-Rambourg, Béatrice Machet,
Rouhollah Hosseini, Robert Furlong, André Ughetto, Lucien Wasselin,
Charlène Clonts, Danièle Faugeras, Sabine Huynh, Marilyne Bertoncini,
Nasser-Edine Boucheqif, Anne-Marie Soulier, Raymond Mbassi Atéba,
Marie-Josée Christien, Catherine Boudet, Joëlle Gardes
NEW BOOK COMING...
David Ward just sent me this information about his forthcoming book.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Media and Marketing Contact: Matt Litts
(202) 633-2495
Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration: Poems
and Photographs, Past and Present
By David C.
Ward and Frank H. Goodyear III
Lines in Long Arrayis
a thought-provoking juxtaposition of modern and period poems and photographs
that provides insight into the Civil War. The anthology demonstrates the
enduring impact of the war on American culture because it evokes a conversation
about Civil War themes between past and present.
This poignant anthology features works from Pulitzer
Prize–winners Jorie Graham, Yusef Komunyakaa, Paul Muldoon, and Tracy K. Smith,
as well as other acclaimed contemporary poets: Eavan Boland, Geoffrey Brock,
Nikki Giovanni, John Koethe, Steve Scafidi Jr., Michael Schmidt, Dave Smith,
and C. D. Wright. These modern voices interact with the nineteenth-century
literary voices who directly witnessed the Civil War, notably Ethel Lynn Beers,
Ambrose Bierce, George H. Boker, Emily Dickinson, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper,
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Julia Ward Howe, Herman Melville, Francis Orray
Ticknor, Henry Timrod, Walt Whitman, and John Greenleaf Whittier.
Together, all of these voices cover a vast range of Civil
War experience, from the slave and immigrant experience to the highest reaches
of the political spectrum. Many poems also explore the eternal problem of race
in America and offer new interpretations of the African American experience.
The themes in the poems are reinforced by modern photographs from Sally Mann
and period photographs from Alexander Gardner.
This anthology has broad appeal for poetry, photography,
and Civil War enthusiasts. Published in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s
commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Lines in Long Array is a collection that meditates on this
important conflict then and now.
About the authors:
DAVID C. WARD is a historian at the Smithsonian’s
National Portrait Gallery. He is the coauthor of the award-winning Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American
Portraiture and author of Charles Willson
Peale: Art and Selfhood in the Early Republic. Ward is also a poet whose
collection, Internal Difference, was
published in 2011.
FRANK H. GOODYEAR III is the co-director of the Bowdoin
College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine. He was previously curator of
photographs at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. He is the author of
Faces of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits
of the American West, 1845-1924; Zaida
Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer; and Red Cloud: Photographs of a Lakota Chief.
About the book:
Title: Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration: Poems
and Photographs, Past and Present
Author: David C. Ward and Frank H. Goodyear III
On-Sale Date: 10/1/2013
Price: $19.95 / Pages: 136
ISBN: 978-1-58834-397-0
Smithsonian Books
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Colin Powell: "When I Was Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer..."
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they have a higher chance of dying from it. Because of this heightened
risk, Black men are encouraged to start prostate cancer screening early
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Dear friend of The Nation,
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The
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A MUST READ. YES, THIS IS THE FATE OF OUR WORLD
Notice the reference to robots in this text:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/opinion/friedman-tell-me-how-this-ends.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/opinion/friedman-tell-me-how-this-ends.html?_r=0
THE BARRAS REPORT
A truthful and provocative look
behind the headlines
The Main Event— GRANTMAKING MESS?
THE D.C. Council is
poised to give preliminary approval Wednesday to Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s fiscal
year 2014, $12 billion budget and financial plan. Despite the administration’s
pleas for them to show restraint, legislators are expected to add more than $6
million in new fees and fines to finance their additional spending.
One area where there appears to be
agreement between the two branches is the need to provide more agencies grant-making
authority. That’s not necessarily a good thing.
Read
more here
PHOTO
FYI:
An Image of Ethelbert will be included in this show.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/exhibits/artist-citizen-washington-dc,1255030.html
An Image of Ethelbert will be included in this show.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/exhibits/artist-citizen-washington-dc,1255030.html
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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SPORTS
Basketball:
Well, after the departure of Golden State and Steph Curry I stopped watching basketball. Curry is the player I'll be watching next year. This was a breakout season for him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lFZsNIfnhY
Baseball:
Watching the Nats right now is just too sad for words. Haren should never start another game for this team. The guy is simply throwing batting practice. Putting Duke on the mound yesterday against the Giants was a joke. I knew the guy would not get to the bottom of the order without giving up a few runs. The game yesterday was over after the second inning.
Here are other guys who are not getting the job done:
Bernadina
Espinoza
Rodriguez
Moore
The Nats need another starter and a second baseman. I would bring a few guys up from the minors either before or after the All-Star game. At the rate this team is losing games they will quickly be in third or fourth place. The season of promise could be over by late June. If you bury yourself too deep in the standings you only play for your obituary the next day.
SPORTS CLASSIC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poNyniQ5eCY
Well, after the departure of Golden State and Steph Curry I stopped watching basketball. Curry is the player I'll be watching next year. This was a breakout season for him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lFZsNIfnhY
Baseball:
Watching the Nats right now is just too sad for words. Haren should never start another game for this team. The guy is simply throwing batting practice. Putting Duke on the mound yesterday against the Giants was a joke. I knew the guy would not get to the bottom of the order without giving up a few runs. The game yesterday was over after the second inning.
Here are other guys who are not getting the job done:
Bernadina
Espinoza
Rodriguez
Moore
The Nats need another starter and a second baseman. I would bring a few guys up from the minors either before or after the All-Star game. At the rate this team is losing games they will quickly be in third or fourth place. The season of promise could be over by late June. If you bury yourself too deep in the standings you only play for your obituary the next day.
SPORTS CLASSIC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poNyniQ5eCY
CANDY WILL JUST SPOIL YOU FOR MORE
So there I was at the Frozen Yo on Georgia Avenue yesterday afternoon...
A woman introduces herself and it makes my day. It's Candy Shannon. How often had I heard her name on the radio? Yes, the ear is an organ made for love. Candy is sweeter than her name. What a lovely person. She's the type of woman you could talk to all day. Oh, and don't get her started on science-fiction.
A woman introduces herself and it makes my day. It's Candy Shannon. How often had I heard her name on the radio? Yes, the ear is an organ made for love. Candy is sweeter than her name. What a lovely person. She's the type of woman you could talk to all day. Oh, and don't get her started on science-fiction.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
DO YOU HAVE ROOM FOR GIOVANNI?
The poet giovanni singleton is looking for readings and invitations to talk about poetics and spirituality. She can be reached at: inkwell24@gmail.com
Sunday, May 19, 2013
MILES APART LIKE TIME PLAYING RIGHT FIELD
1967, I'm just completing high school. Davis is miles ahead of me.
http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/22895.html
But hey - what would I do with my own quintet? Is it too late to put down the pen and pick-up the horn? I've got enough blues for a thousand nights of sadness.
http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/22895.html
But hey - what would I do with my own quintet? Is it too late to put down the pen and pick-up the horn? I've got enough blues for a thousand nights of sadness.
THE SUN
I think the best contemporary poetry is being published in The Sun magazine. The June issue of this publication contains 3 gems:
"What I Didn't Do" by Danusha Lameris.
"Heat of Departure" by Jim Daniels.
"Elegy" by Michael Hettich.
THE FUTURE WAS YESTERDAY
How long have I've been talking about this?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/16422-drones-over-the-homeland-from-border-security-to-national-security
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/16422-drones-over-the-homeland-from-border-security-to-national-security
MALCOLM X?
Today is the birthday of El -Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. The fact we still come him Malcolm X is interesting. Who calls Muhammad Ali, Cassius Marcellus Clay? Maybe we want to claim the X that will stand for whatever we want it to stand for. I wrote three poems about this important African American historical figure. They can be found in my collection First Light published by Black Classic Press in 1994. I wrote about the life of El-Hajj Malik El -Shabazz at three key turning points in his life.
Here they are:
Malcolm X, August 1952
i suppose i should be
grateful to the white man
letting me out. where can
a black man in america go?
i stand with the prison in
my shadow. elijah muhammad
teaches us that we are not
thieves. we are the lost ones
who have been stolen.
allah bless my tongue as it
prepares to heal. there are
so many who are in need of
the message. i feel this
country changing. the cross
no longer ours to bear.
Malcolm X, 1964
there are so many muslims
in the world. so many. all colors.
i am one, trying to be one. there
is so much to see and learn. once
i submitted to my own ignorance.
once i submitted to a man i believed
was divine. now a new journey begins
with myself. i make the hajj. i
embrace my soul. there is no god but
allah.
Malcolm X, February 1965
i will die this month. how
i do not know. still there
is so much work to be done. i
am afraid not for myself but
for betty and the girls. some
nights i stay awake looking
out the window, a gun in my
hand. i know how cruel people
can be. i have know hatred and
blindness. there are brothers
waiting to do me harm. i will
die for them. i will love them
as only i can. may allah be my
witness.
