:April is the cruellest month, breedingHappy Poetry Month!
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Yep, on April 11... or the Energizer bunny, seems to keep going and going. Regarding the latter, the question is: what will be the fates of the "wrinkled-up old buzzard" of broadcasting, Don "I-man" Imus, and his "bald-headed stooge," producer-sidekick Bernard McGuirk?
A MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF OUR SPONSOR: The 23rd Honoree in the United States Postal Service “Literary Arts” series is poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. For baseball and history lovers, the USPS Commemorative Stamps Program also offers a Baseball Sluggers series, which features Roy ("Campy") Campanella, "Hammerin' " Hank Greenberg, switch-hitter Mickey Mantle, and high-kicker Mel Ott.
Yeah, boyee. The web is a wonderful tool. Just look at how my random post a few days ago has reverberated through the internet to create an informative cultural exchange:
Hi Lisa - I just came across your mention of Joplin's Treemonisha, and just wanted to let you know that you can hear a rare performance of the opera next week, Feb 26-28, through WGBH 89.7's Web site at http://www.wgbh.org/classical.
You can also find a press release about the broadcast http://pressroom.wgbh.org/pages/clas.html
Thanks,
Ben
No Ben, thank you!
I'd planned to share some info and excerpts from Treemonisha on Wednesday's Lisa Tolliver Show, during which I'll be celebrating Black History Month. But maybe, instead, I'll refer listeners to WGBH and use my precious 1/2 hour, from noon to 12:30 PM, Eastern Time, to share some other treasures. For example, one guest, Jerome, will perform a famous gospel tune a capella. Another participant will read a poem. There'll be plenty more and the joint will be jumpin'.
Here's how to join us:
Image attributions:
Provided by your 2006 Poetry Ambassador.###
