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mary_mayhem Jun 05, 2010 08:29

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I found a new poetry site

mary_mayhem May 17, 2010 22:44

looking for a poem that was referenced in Lisey's Story.

http://www.poemhunter.com/randall-jarrell/poems/

I'm not sure this is the right guy, but I like his work.

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Thanks Elliott!

mary_mayhem Nov 22, 2009 09:22

TV show about Leonard Cohen when his hair was still dark.

"This 45-minute film from 1965 offers a candid glimpse of Cohen's pre-singer-songwriter days."

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At the Rickie Lee Jones concert this week, she played Blue Ghazel. She said a ghazal is an erotic love poem to God.

Rumi wrote ghazals and his poetry is, in large part, erotic love poetry written to God. But not all ghazals are erotic love poetry written to God. That's kind of like saying all sonnets are love poems just because a Elizabeth ( Read more... )

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So, today was a Mental Health Day.

mary_mayhem Sep 15, 2009 19:06

An' I been shoppin'!

I found a fun book at Edward McKay. The Zen Haiku and other Zen Poems by J. W. Hackett.

I opened it to get a clue and read:

On wiping up wet
puppy shit: the gagging smell...
right now, this is it.

So, I bought it.

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I love my husband

mary_mayhem Aug 19, 2009 18:04

He posted this to our friend who is having a very hard time lately:

Dance, when you're broken open.
Dance, if you've torn the bandage off.
Dance in the middle of the fighting.
Dance in your own blood.
Dance, when you're perfectly free....
-Rumi

I'm putting it here to remember it.

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