dADa dUffy __Open _ ______bC_aD_

Saturday, July 07, 2007

Calles

Labels: calles, collages

Friday, July 06, 2007

Arthur Rimbaud

Labels: Arthur Rimbaud, collages

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Joel Weishaus

Early last month, I received the unexpected gift of a manuscript that I thought had been lost. A woman whom I have never meet, an art gallery owner in Sausalito, CA., had been storing them. Apparently, some thirty years ago, I had given the manuscript to a friend, a young San Francisco lawyer, with whom I didn't stay in touch. Now I learned from this woman that he died twenty years ago!All that time she had kept the manuscript, not knowing how to contact me. Then, inadvertently, she came across my name on the Internet. What kindness, safeguarding for twenty years work of poet unknown to herself!I've been reading the poems, over one hundred of which, with some amazement and light revising, I've decided are worthwhile offering to whomever cares to read them:

http://www.cddc.vt.edu/host/weishaus/cont-p.htm

Joel Weishaus

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Friday, June 29, 2007

New Orleans World War II Museum

World War II Museum Celebrates a Stars and Stripes Summer

The National World War II Museum is celebrating Stars and Strips Summer, a season-long tribute to the American Spirit with programs for both children and adults and admission discounts for Louisiana residents.

On Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stars and Stripes Summer will host an appearance by the colorful storybook character Curious George and his famous keeper. The creators of this inquisitive monkey barely escaped Paris as the Nazis were rolling in. Participants are welcome to bring a camera to take pictures with the special guests.

On Sundays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., beginning Sunday, July 1, and continuing through September 2, the National World War II Museum will hold Sunday Swing. Professional swing dancers will be on hand to provide coaching to dances while local musicians play WWII-era hits. On July 1, music will be performed by St. Louis Slim’s Swing Soiree.

A special exhibition, titled Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway, will continue through October 28. The exhibition depicts the story of the dark day of 1942 when the fate of the nation and the world hung in the balance. It explores the American Pacific Fleet’s struggle to confront the might of the Imperial Japanese Navy following the disastrous defeat at Pearl Harbor.

The exhibition Artillery, Ammunition and Accessories features important World War II artifacts related to artillery.

The National World War II Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (504) 527-6012, Extension 359.

The National World War II Museum was a fulfilled dream of the late Dr. Stephen Ambrose, The University of New Orleans Boyd Professor of History, who founded The National World War II Museum Foundation in New Orleans in 1991. The facility, opened on June, 6 2000, as The National D-Day Museum, has been designated by Congress as the nation’s official National World War II Museum.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007

LE SPHINX DES GLACES

LE SPHINX DES GLACES

«vrai» c'est bien a l'escalier, «seduite» dites; encore

~

CLAUDIUS BOMBARNAC

«jaloux» ne parle plus, «les» ténébreuse; ténébreux«vrai» c'est bien a l'escalier, «seduite» dites; encore

~

L'ARCHIPEL EN FEU

«même» deviendrait hélas la triste, «raison» Memphis, vainqueur«jaloux» ne parle plus, «les» ténébreuse; ténébreux«vrai» c'est bien a l'escalier, «seduite» dites; encore

~

VOYAGE AU CENTRE DE LA TERRE

«dites» rein seduite beau malheur, «sans» nul, sait«même» deviendrait hélas la triste, «raison» Memphis, vainqueur«jaloux» ne parle plus, «les» ténébreuse; ténébreux«vrai» c'est bien a l'escalier, «seduite» dites; encore

~

NORD CONTRE SUD

«ténébreux» les passants s'esquivent et, «ne» jaloux; Madame«dites» rein seduite beau malheur, «sans» nul, sait«même» deviendrait hélas la triste, «raison» Memphis, vainqueur«jaloux» ne parle plus, «les» ténébreuse; ténébreux«vrai» c'est bien a l'escalier, «seduite» dites; encore

~

MICHEL STROGOFF

«vainqueur» raison Varney quoique, «hélas» exciter; même«ténébreux» les passants s'esquivent et, «ne» jaloux; Madame«dites» rein seduite beau malheur, «sans» nul, sait«même» deviendrait hélas la triste, «raison» Memphis, vainqueur«jaloux» ne parle plus, «les» ténébreuse; ténébreux«vrai» c'est bien a l'escalier, «seduite» dites; encore

~

LE PHARE DU BOUT DU MONDE

«sait» jour sans le voir, «bien» vrai; par«vainqueur» raison Varney quoique, «hélas» exciter; même«ténébreux» les passants s'esquivent et, «ne» jaloux; Madame«dites» rein seduite beau malheur, «sans» nul, sait«même» deviendrait hélas la triste, «raison» Memphis, vainqueur«jaloux» ne parle plus, «les» ténébreuse; ténébreux«vrai» c'est bien a l'escalier, «seduite» dites; encore

© Jeff Harrison

In each line, the first word in French quotation marks is followed by asequence of words from the first instance of speech in a particular VictorHugo play, and the second word in French quotation marks is followed by oneword from the second instance of speech in that Victor Hugo play, as is thesemicolon or second comma. Capitalization in the lines, except for propernouns, is reduced to lower-case, and punctuation marks found in the texthave been removed. The word following the semicolon or second comma doesn'tprecede the word following the final quotation mark - the chronology of wordorder in a "The Victor Hugo of Jules Verne" stanza is the same as that ofthe Hugo play.

Each word in the quotation marks is from another line in "The Victor Hugo ofJules Verne":

Stanza one partakes of stanzas seven and four.
Stanza two partakes of stanza five.
Stanza three partakes of stanza six.
Stanzas seven partakes of stanzas four and one.

schema of the above:

stanza 1. stanzas seven, four
2. five
3. six
4. one, seven
5. two
6. three
7. four, one

I used the Pléiade edition of Victor Hugo's complete plays.

Stanza 1. Hernani
2. Lucrèce Borgia
3. Irtamène
4. Ruy Blas
5. Angelo, Tyran De Padoue
6. Amy Robert
7. Marie Tudor

The Victor Hugo of Jules Verne:

V - V ("V" of "Victor"; "V" of "Verne")

H - of J (Harrison Jeff)

Vi - e ("Vi" of "Victor", "e" of "Verne": "Virginie";"Vie", life, pronounced"V")

In "Victor Hugo" and Jules Verne" are all the letters needed for the word

"Virginie".

Enjambment in the verse plays has been observed, except for the center
stanza, VOYAGE AU CENTRE DE LA TERRE, which puts words from two of a
speaker's lines on the same line: "rein seduite beau malheur" from

"Avec une suivante, une fille de rein!
Seduite, beau malheur! parce que la donzelle"

(The omission of accent aigu in "seduite" is a typo. Does this error
influence the reading of the poem? No word outside of quotation marks isused twice, nor does a line share a word with a title, which directs the
reading of the poem's pattern. The first title and the final title share the
word "le",
and the final title repeats the word "du" within the line, which, in
addition to spacing and capitalization, separates title from line.) ("Word",
in the notes to this poem, is defined as a unit of letters.)

Jeff Harrison

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

the Library of Congress

press release

Chronicling America Site Now Offers 310,000 Newspaper Pages

Program to Put Digitized Newspapers Online Makes Eight Awards

Approximately 310,000 digitized newspaper pages, dating from 1900 to 1910, are now accessible through the Chronicling America Web site at www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/.
The site is a project of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

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See

Eileen Tabios' new creation starting with Dan Waber!
Congratulations to all those who are collaborating.

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See

on Tom Beckett's blog the new HAY(NA)KU invitation.

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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Aaron Belz

See on Aaron Belz's Blog for your entertainment:
http://belz.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/the-alligator-king/

SEVEN !

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on a serious note:
Aaron Belz on the Corner

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The Vatican Library

The library was founded in 1451 and is open to scholars and academics who submit a letter of accreditation from a university or research institute. Its collection consists of about 1.6 million volumes, including some 75,000 manuscripts and 8,300 incunabula (printed books from the second half of the 15th century). It also has almost 400,000 coins and medals and prints and engravings. Each year about 20,000 scholars peruse material in the collection.

from today's The New York Times

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Friday, June 22, 2007

Mauro Di Silvestre

Anna, 2007

Oil on canvas, cm 200x160

Private Collection,

Rome

This wonderful painting will be exhibited at the following show:

“VISIONI & ILLUSIONI”

Il realismo visionario nella pittura italiana moderna e contemporanea

L’AQUILA, CASTELLO CINQUECENTESCO

30 giugno - 20 settembre 2007

a cura di Silvia Pegoraro

Preview per la stampa

venerdì 29 giugno ore 11.30

Inaugurazione sabato 30 giugno ore 18.00

(translating)

"VISIONS & ILLUSIONS"

Visionary realism in Italian modern and contemporary painting

L'AQUILA, CASTELLO CINQUECENTESCO

June 30 - September 2007

curated by Silvia Pegoraro

Press Preview

Friday June 29 at 11.30

Opening on Saturday June 30 at 6pm

Labels: contemporary art

Monday, June 18, 2007

Ian Davidson

From Ian

Dear All

Apologies for the self-promotion.

Details of a book I've just had published are at:

http://www.palgrave.com/newsearch/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403997713

It includes work on a number of authors who will be familiar to many on this list.

It's a bit expensive, sorry.

Ian

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If you wish to meet Ian Davidson, here he is on the Corner:

http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa;=list_pages_categories&cid=180

and in Italian:

http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetsonpoets&pa;=list_pages_categories&cid=43

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Damaris Calderòn Campos

new site: Estudio del Sur, and congratulations for the great works !

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Thomas Merton

"Someone has to try to keep his head clear of static and preserve the interior solitude and silence that are essential for independent thought."

Faith and Violence: 150

The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living 2117 Payne Street Louisville KY 40206

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Kennis & Kennis

Lynx Lynx, paintings _

Labels: paintings

Sunday, June 17, 2007

poetrypoetry.com

An excellent site.

Labels: poetry

from Joel Weishaus

This is #19 of a projected 35 texts.
http://web.pdx.edu/~pdx00282/North/North-4/text-4.htm
Introduction:
http://web.pdx.edu/~pdx00282/North/Intro.htm

Designed for screen resolution: 1024x768. Text size: Medium; Monitor: 17" or larger; MS Explorer is preferred.

Paratext boxes opened by holding cursor over words.
Speakers on.Please note that all these pages are advanced, not final, drafts.

Critique is considered and appreciated.

-Joel

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Saturday, June 16, 2007

English Departments

Sent by Diane Lockward to the WOM-PO List: a list compiled by David Hoover, University of Southern Maine, of the English Departments in the US and abroad

Labels: English Departments

Friday, June 15, 2007

the Venice Biennale

see on The New York Times

Labels: Venice Biennale

Ezra Pound

John Gery, the University of New Orleans and the Venice International University on the Isola di San Servolo have organized the EZRA POUND CONFERENCE

for info
and here is the program

to be continued in Brunneburg, Dorf Tyrol.

Labels: Ezra Pound

Update: The Poets' Corner

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Triangles

Labels: dessin

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Richard Rorty

http://www.telospress.com/main/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=188

Richard Rorty, the leading American philosopher and heir to the pragmatist tradition, passed away on Friday, June 8.

He was Professor of Comparative Literature emeritus at Stanford University. In April the American Philosophical Society awarded him the Thomas Jefferson Medal. The prize citation reads: "In recognition of his influential and distinctively American contribution to philosophy and, more widely, to humanistic studies. His work redefined knowledge 'as a matter of conversation and of social practice, rather than as an attempt to mirror nature' and thus redefined philosophy itself as an unending, democratically disciplined, social and cultural activity of inquiry, reflection, and exchange, rather than an activity governed and validated by the concept of objective, extramental truth."

Homer didnt' read Plato

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not walked saunter

neither Aristotle

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how interesting intenses and beautiful it was ...

of this seeminly bygone era ...

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Blogosphere creators I call on you!

Bring back that spirit!

Dont let time and templates

destroy yr beauty

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