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Poetry That Matters to Our Life

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IN THIS HAPPY PLACE MY SERIOUS HEART HAS MADE: CELEBRATING SINCERITY–JACK GILBERT AND THE POETRY OF MAGNITUDE, INCLUDING LINDA GREGG, GERALD STERN, C.K. WILLIAMS, AND MORE POETRY IN THE NEWS, HALLELUIAH–LEONARD COHEN, CAVAFY, AND CULTURAL COMMENTATORS JOHN PENNER (LA TIMES) AND CHRISTY WAMPOLE (NY TIMES) CALLING FOR AND OUT SINCERITY

Poetry That Matters to Our Life

YOU ARE INVITED TO COME TO POETRY EVENTS OF DR. MOSSBERG
POETRY READING DECEMBER 7, ARTISANA GALLERY, THE BLESSING TREE, A POETRY OF TREES AS PEOPLE MAKE WISHES ON A TREE CREATED IN THE GALLERY, 6:30 PM, FOREST AVENUE, PACIFIC GROVE
SATURDAY DECEMBER 8, 2 P.M. CHERRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, CARMEL, CA:
EMILY DICKINSON DRAMATIC READING IN HONOR OF HER BIRTHDAY (YES, CANDLES AND SINGING, CAKE AND SPIRITS)
SUNDAY DECEMBER 9, 2 P.M., MY LIFE WITH EMILY DICKINSON: A LIFE JOURNEY COMPANION, PACIFIC GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY (YES, HOME-MADE GINGERBREAD WILL BE SERVED, AND SHERRY)

© Barbara Mossberg 2012


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WHEN IT’S IN THE AIR–RADIO POETRY NEWS WE NEED NOW

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How much is up in the air, how much is up to us? What are our choices? What’s yes and what’s no, what’s up and what’s down, what’s charm and what’s strange, what’s bottom and what’s top? Okay, Poetry Slow Down, YOU’re the quarky top, and charm and UP and yes, AND no, we’re saying NO to going too fast . . . on KRXA Think for yourself radio, this is our way of slowing down to think! The urban dictionary defines “vember” as “An adrenaline rush, something that makes you nervous, neurotic, up-tight,etc.” so NO-vember invokes our mellow, slow-downed, relaxed, flowing Poetry SLOW DOWN, I’m your grateful host, Professor Barbara Mossberg.
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EARTH’S ALPHABET BEGINS WITH B(EE): ON OUR BEES’ KNEES, OR, WHAT THE BUZZ IS ALL ABOUT

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Bees, why bees, Dr. B? You’ve given us shows of moles and bats and hats and coots, roosters, birds, foxes, bears, butterflies, and even worms! How low can you go? You’ve had us walking, on our knees, falling from the sky and down stairs, lying in a hammock, slowed down to and swinging with revelation. Continue reading →

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HAVE THOREAU WILL TRAVEL

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To the tunes of “Ode to Joy” to “Wake Up Little Susie” to wisdom from “Hair:

HAVE THOREAU WILL TRAVEL, or, Thoreau’s Joy Has Legs– Aesthetic Correctness, Being Bossed by Poet Life Coaches: Push Ups for You! On Your Knees! Row! It’s Dawn! Wake Up!

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“GLADNESS SOMERSAULTING IN THE EAVES”– HAPPY (POETIC) FEET: POETRY OF BROKEN FEET, BOOTS AND BROKEN IN BOOTS, BROKEN HEARTS AND BROKEN IN HEARTS, FALLING DOWN STAIRS AND ALL MANNER OF FALLING AND A BIT ON SMASHED TOE—POETS FALL TO!

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Poetry of Dean Young, Pablo Neruda, Emily Dickinson, James Dickey, Lewis Carroll, Lois Entwistle, Kahill Gibran, Oprah Winfrey, Tony Hoagland, Charles Wright, Shakespeare, Thoreau, William Blake, Thomas Hardy, Carrell Hawkins, Jack Gilbert, John Fuller, Gerald Stern, Linda Gregg, Mary Oliver, Kirk Douglas/Betty McMicken, William Carlos Williams, Taylor Mali, Marjory Snyder, A.A. Milne, Jennifer K. Sweeney, and Walt Whitman, speaking of falling (in love with our poets), and yours truly, Professor Barbara Mossberg. Continue reading →

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