21   EVENTS: 23;  7 to 9 p.m. - Deerfield Poetry,Guest Hostess ; Liz S.Jones, open mike at The Lion Café- (Excellent bar & menu) , 463-7374, on Rt. 107, (Click here or 463-7226).     BIRTHDAYS: November 21st John Bale, Click here -  England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan) Click here Carolus Scribani, Click here -  Italian/Flemish jesuit/author Click here Catharina Questiers, Click here -  Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child) Click here   Click here Carlo Fragoni, Click here - Italy, poet Click here Jean Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire (1694 – 05/30/1778) French philosopher Click here Click here Peter A de Genestet, Click here - Dutch vicar/poet Click here Joao da Cruz, Click here - Brazilian poet Click here Click here Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863 – 05/12/1944) English writerClick here Envoy Young Knight, the lists are set to-day! Hereafter shall be time to pray In sepulture, with hands of stone. Ride, then! outride the bugle blown!   And gaily dinging down the van, Charge with a cheer--"Set on! Set on!   Virtue is that becrowns a Man!" Click here Franz Hessel, Click here -1941   German writer, translator and a lector Click here Harold Nicolson (1886 – 05/01/1968)  Iran-born English writer Click here Hugh Kingsmill  (1889 – 05/15/1949)   English writer Click here René Magritte  (1898 – 08/15/1967)  Belgian painter Click here Jim Bishop (1907 – 07/26/1987)   journalist, columnist, and author Click here Raja Rao 1908-2006   Indian writer Click here Elizabeth George Speare, U,S. , Writer 1908  Click here Erkki (Vilho Kalevi) Rekimies (1923-1995)  Finnish journalist and juvenile book writer Click here Christopher Reuel Tolkien (1924)  England. Edited/ compiled  The Silmarillion Click here  Marilyn French  (1929 – 05/02/2009)   US writer  Click here Laurier LaPierre, 1929 - Canadian journalist, broadcaster and senator Click here Beryl Bainbridge (1933) English actress, short-story writer, and novelist Click here Richard Marcinko, 1940 - American author Click here David Porter, Click here - US songwriter (Soul Man) Click here George Morren, 1941 -  Flemish painter/sculptor Click here Marcia "Marcy" Carsey, 1944 -  TV executive/producer Click here Click here Harold Ramis   1944 US writer, actor, producer Click here Stephen Geyer, 1950 -  American film & television songwriter Click here Tina Brown, Click here -  journalist publisher (New Yorker, Tattler) Click here Thomas Rothman, Click here -, American film executive Click here Björk  1965  Icelandic singer, songwriter Click here Christopher Noxon, 1968 -  American journalist Click here Celia Lisset Alvarez  1972 Span/Amer writer/poet Click here Alec Brownstein, 1980 - American author, director Click here     PASSED Annibale Caro, Italian poet (1507- Click here ) Click here Click here Sir Thomas Gresham, 1518/1519-1579 founder of the London State PapersClick here François de Troy, Click here -  French portrait artist Click here John Hill, Click here - British writer Click here Heinrich W von Kleist, Click here - German playwright Click here James Hogg, the "Ettrick Shepherd" (1835) Scot poet Click here                           A Boy’s Song     Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the grey trout lies asleep, Up the river and over the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the blackbird sings the latest, Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest, Where the nestlings chirp and flee, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the mowers mow the cleanest, Where the hay lies thick and greenest, There to track the homeward bee, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the hazel bank is steepest, Where the shadow falls the deepest, Where the clustering nuts fall free, That's the way for Billy and me. Why the boys should drive away Little sweet maidens from the play, Or love to banter and fight so well, That's the thing I never could tell. But this I know, I love to play Through the meadow, among the hay; Up the water and over the lea, That's the way for Billy and me.   Click here Karel J Erben, Click here - Czech poet (Ruiker) Click here Friedrich A Lange, Click here -  philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism) Click here Hermann Sudermann, Click here -  German author (Frau Sorge) Click here Vito Pardo, Click here - Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina) Click here Ellen Glasgow  (04/22/1874 –1945)   US writer Click here Click here Robert Benchley  : (09/15/1889 –1945)  US writer Click here Luis Cernuda, Click here - Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire) Click here C. M.[ Clifford Martin Eddy, Jr]  Eddy, Jr., American writer (1896-  1967) Click here Click here. Arthur James . Marshall. Smith (1980)   Click here Daniel Mann, Click here -  US director (Rose tattoo) Click here Smilin' Jim Eames, 1995 - singer/songwriter Click here Quentin Crisp  (12/25/1908 –1999)   Eng character   Click here Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (1916-  Click here) Click here Hugh Sidey, American journalist (1927- 2005 ) Click here Robert Lockwood, Jr., American blues guitarist (1915-2006) Click here       SITES:   Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here     HISTORY: Freeman's Journal publishes Philip Freneau's "To the Memory of the Brave Americans" (1781) Click here 1868 publication of Click here's The Ring and the Book begins Click here Click here - China prohibits opium trade Click here   1967 - Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing." Click here       BONUS POEM:               MY LITTLE DREAMS   I'm folding up my little dreams Within my heart to-night, And praying I may soon forget The torture of their sight.   For Time's deft fingers scroll my brow With fell relentless art-- I'm folding up my little dreams To-night, within my heart!         Georgia Douglas Johnson                                                       Click here