May 10

Events:

May 10,Manchester SLAM FREE OR DIE presents a feature by Sue Savoy 7:00pm - 11:00pm at Milly's Tavern. There will be a poetry open mic followed by a feature and then an open poetry slam. (647-9991 or Click here)

Of Interest:

May 12th – May 13^th & 19th –20th Kingston NH The New Hampshire Renaissance Faire  At Three Maples Farm ; from 10 to 5 PM each day. A portion of the proceeds raised is donated to charity.   Tickets for this event are: $12.50 for adults and $8.00 for kids from ages 5 -12.  Kids age 4 and under will be free.  3 Maples Renaissance Corporation   44 Tucker Road   Kingston, NH 03834   Click here   Click here       For more information, Click here

Note; Ed Pacht will be among the performers, reprising his role as the Friar: Ed’s book, just out,  is a fictional episode (time travel,adventure, and much poetry…)from the life of this character.

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Born:

May 10

George Ross, Click here - July 14, 1779. US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)

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James Shields 1810 -1879 Brigadier General (Union volunteers)

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Henry Bibb 1815-1854. black author, editor, abolitionist, and advocate of emigration from the United States.

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Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback. 1837-1921, Black Civil War officer and politician.

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James Bryce (1838 – 01/22/1922) Irish writer, diplomat

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Click here (1886-1950) Brit Fantasy Novelist/poet

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Karl Barth (1886 – 12/10/1968) Swiss theologian

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Ariel Durant (1898 – 10/24/1981) Russian/American historian and writer
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Click here  (1899 – Click here/1987)   US dancer, actor, singer
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David O. Selznick (1902 – 06/22/1965) US movie director

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Click here (1911- ) US Teacher -Author- Up the Down Staircase (1965)

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Monica enid Dickens (1915-12/25/92) English writer

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Click here   (1919 – Click here/1981)   first elected female US Governor (CT)
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Jayne Cortez (1936- ), African-American jazz and performance poet

Pray for the Lovers

Pray for the lovers
for those who are suspicious
for those who are jealous
for those who are revengeful
Pray for the lovers
for those who are unsatisfied
for those who are frightened
for those who are disappointed
pray for those who are lonely lazy & limited
Pray for the lovers
for those unwilling to reveal & unable to revolt
for those who are helpless
for those who are hostile
for those whose flesh goes dead upon touching
the frigid
the passive
the latent
the soft
have mercy on the lovers in heat
pray for those with pain in their bodies
pain in their minds
for sorrow
for fear &
the spell of madness after love says goodbye
Pray for the lovers in the name of love
in the name of god &
the mirror of death
love in the name of some rollin hips
those churning lips & the blood
that drips incest to
incest
all power to the lovers in the name of love
all power to the lovers in the name of love
all power to the lovers in the name of love....

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Judith Jamison 1943- . African-American modern dancer, dance director, and educator and author.

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Donovan, [Leitch], 1943 - Scotland, guitarist/folk singer (Mellow Yellow)

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Jim Abrahams, 1944 - Shorewood WI, director (Hot Shots, Top Secret)

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Dave Mason, Click here - Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree)

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Click here  (1957 – Click here/1979)   English punk (Sex Pistols)
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Click here  Paul Hewson (1960 – )   Irish singer (U2) The Joshua Tree (1987), Achtung Baby (1991), and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004). – philanthropic work / AIDS, Africa, and for Third World Click here.

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Click here  (1963- ). African-American playwright -Pulitzer Prize for drama, Topdog/Underdog.

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Click here  (1967-  ).Brit non-fiction author;  The Men Who Stare at Goats (2004) The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry (2011). BBC Radio 4 show Jon Ronson On... & This American Life.

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Hélio Castroneves, 1975 - Brazilian race car driver

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Passed:

May 10

Thomas Jonathan Click here   (Click here/1824 –1863)   Click here General

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Alexander MacGregor Rose, Aug 17, 1846  -1898  Click here Click here  Click here  Click here poet

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Anna Letitia Waring   April 19, 1823-   1910 Click here Eng Victorian Click here  Scholar & Poet

To the Superior Animal

To sum up all, I'm old -- and that's
A fact the years decide;
It is a common thing with cats
And not a thing to hide.

But to feel what it is -- how kind
How true to love and law
For this you must be quite resigned
And not avoid its paw.

It does not come as reckless foe
A shrinking prey to take,
But with soft footstep that we know
By comfort in its wake.

Though it spoils something -- that is true,
Which we must learn to lack
And takes alike from me and you
What never does come back.

It caters for our failing strength
In many a dainty scrap,
And gently lays us at our length
In some secluded lap.

It may bless you -- (I think it should)
Beyond what I make out,
With things perhaps too great and good
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Since I find in it blessing free
From all it can destroy,
And so its progress is to me
A miracle of joy.

But my look out to occupy
And make the most of that.
You must be quite as old as I,
If not yourself a Cat!

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John G Fletcher, Click here - US poet (Burning Mountain)

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Allan Seager (1906-1968) US  Click here and Click here writer

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Walker Percy (05/28/1911 –1990) (southern) US writer

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Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25, 1930 –1999),  Click here Click here, Click here, Click here, Click here, Click here, Click here and Click here of Click here.

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Frank Frazetta, 9 February 1928 -2010 US Artist

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History:

May 10

1945 Russian troops occupy Prague

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Bonus Poem:

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Grass and trees know Click here of spring
Red and purple contend in beauty
Poplar blossoms and elm seeds are not beautiful
They just fill the sky with flight like snow.

                                                                               -Han Yü (768-824)
in Essentials of the Moral Way, Section VI (805)
quoted in Charles Hartman,
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