American Poets
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Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, James Taylor and Jerald Wolf? Poets and Songwriters
There once was a time when you would hear a song and immediately be taken in by the poetical pictures the songwriter created. The great poets and lyricists like Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Justin Hayward, James Taylor and many others, seem to be a dying breed. Listening to music nowadays, you'd be hard-pressed to hear any artists that believe lyricism is an art form. Yes, the words usually rhyme and have a semblance of meaning, but for the most part, words are thrown together just for the SAKE of rh Read More...
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Thursday Haikus - Lunch at the Cafe (Commentary of the Haikus & Poets)
Thursday Haikus: Lunch at the Café
[At El Parquettos, Miraflores, Lima Perú]
Lima Sun
They say, sun until June
—In Lima, Peru
What if theyÂ’re wrong?
#1823 (5-10-2007)) When we count on something or one too much, we normally get disappointed somewhere down the road; expectations unmet I call them, and sorry to say, we become disappointed in others and suffer for that, perhaps we need to look at things and people as less than perfect.))
Lunch at the Café
Worthless! Worthless!
— Spaghet Read More...
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Poetry Books - A Growing Demand
Where were you when American poetess Sylvia Plath gassed herself in her London kitchen at the age of 30 during the harsh winter of 1963?
Not perhaps the stuff our memories are made of, but all that could change. There is a distinct revival worldwide of interest in poetry and poets. This is expressed in the increased purchase of poetry books – anthologies and works by individual poets – in the new and secondhand book markets.
There are a number of reasons for this:
The internet allows the dis Read More...
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