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Strafford Notes, December 19, 2012
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:36:00 AM

by Chip Bergeron

Poetry

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December 19

Events:

Dec 19 NYNY

Cihan Kaan & Miranda Mellis Poets will read from their most recent collections.

8:00 p.m. St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th Street, New York, NY
Free and Open to the Public

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Born:

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Phil Ochs 1940 – April 9, 1976 El Paso TX, anti-war folk singer (Joe Hill, War is Over)

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From I Ain’t Marching Anymore

For I stole California from the Mexican land,
Fought in the bloody Civil War.
Yes, I even killed my brothers,
And so many others.
But I ain't a-marching anymore!

For I marched to the battle of the German trench,
In a war that was bound to end all wars.
Oh I must have killed a million men,
And now they want me back again.
But I ain't a-marching anymore!

It's always the old to lead us to the wars,
Always the young to fall.
Now look at what we've won with a saber and a gun.
Tell me is it worth it all?

For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky,
Set off the mighty mushroom roar.
But I saw the cities burnin',
And I knew that I was learnin',
That I ain't a-marching anymore!

Now the labor leader's screamin' when they closed the missile plant,
United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore.
Call it peace or call it treason,
Call it love or call it reason.
But I ain't a-marching anymore!
I ain't a-marching anymore!

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Passed:

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Click here (Click here/1818-1848) English writer / Poet

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Charles Sangster (July 16, 1822 -1893) Can Poet

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Click here ( 1862 -1947) Can Poet THE WOOD BY THE SEA

The Leaf

This silver-edged geranium leaf
Is one sign of a bitter grief
Whose symbols are a myriad more;
They cluster round a carven stone
Where she who sleeps is never alone
For two hearts at the core,

Bound with her heart make one of three,
A trinity in unity,
One sentient heart that grieves;
And myriad dark-leaved memories keep
Vigil above the triune sleep,--
Edged all with silver are the leaves.

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Cleo Virginia Andrews (June 6, 1923 – December 19, 1986), better known as V. C. Andrews or Virginia C. Andrews, was an Click here Click here.

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Sites:

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History:

1219

Click here - Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"

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Click here - Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls"

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Click here - Robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column (NY Globe)

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Bonus Poem:

Harvest Hymn

Men’s Voices

Lord of the lotus, lord of the harvest,
Bright and munificent lord of the morn!
Thine is the bounty that prospered our sowing,
Thine is the bounty that nurtured our corn.
We bring thee our songs and our garlands for tribute,
The gold of our fields and the gold of our fruit;
O giver of mellowing radiance, we hail thee,
We praise thee, O Surya, with cymbal and flute.

Lord of the rainbow, lord of the harvest,
Great and beneficent lord of the main!
Thine is the mercy that cherished our furrows,
Thine is the mercy that fostered our grain.
We bring thee our thanks and our garlands for tribute,
The wealth of our valleys, new-garnered and ripe;
O sender of rain and the dewfall, we hail thee,
We praise thee, Varuna, with cymbal and pipe.

Women’s Voices

Queen of the gourd-flower, queen of the harvest,
Sweet and omnipotent mother, O Earth!
Thine is the plentiful bosom that feeds us,
Thine is the womb where our riches have birth.
We bring thee our love and our garlands for tribute,
With gifts of thy opulent giving we come;
O source of our manifold gladness, we hail thee,
We praise thee, O Prithvi, with cymbal and drum.

All Voices

Lord of the Universe, Lord of our being,
Father eternal, ineffable Om!
Thou art the Seed and the Scythe of our harvests,
Thou art our Hands and our Heart and our Home.
We bring thee our lives and our labours for tribute,
Grant us thy succour, thy counsel, thy care.
O Life of all life and all blessing, we hail thee,
We praise thee, O Bramha, with cymbal and prayer.

- Sarojini Naidu

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