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Strafford Notes 2 March, 2013
Saturday, March 2, 2013 5:53:00 AM

by Chip Bergeron

Poetry

Some verse for a Saturday. Maybe spring coming soon???

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Steven Manning
6:34 AM (2 hours ago)

to Steven
March2
Some Events Early in the Week:
March 4 Allentown 10AM Poetry Open Mic Suncook Senior Center, 10 School St.(the basement of the parish hall of St. Joan of Arc Church.) http://www.raymondfoss.com/
March 4, Portland Every Monday - Poetry On Tap . Mama's Crowbar -intimate uproar of poets and performance. This series hosts weekly local and national features presenting new work with a storyteller spin. The reading includes a "no repeat" rule. So you're guaranteed fresh new work every week. 189 Congress St. Portland, ME. The venue is 21+, beer only and cash only. There is a short open reading signup list. The show begins at 9pm. http://www.facebook.com/mamascrowbar

March 5,Portland Me, Every Tuesday Port Veritas . Bull Feeney’s Bar & Restaurant 375 Fore Street – Portland, ME – 04101 All Ages – $3 Cover 7-10pm (Open Mic 7:30 Feature -. . 8:30) Enjoy a great room, excellent food and a full bar. Gil Helmick 400.7543www.portveritas.com

March 5, Moultonborough -7:30pm - Moultonborough Town Library, - Features an all open mic followed by more open mic (476-8895) 476-2630)

March 6 Portsmouth, 7-9 pm – Café Espresso, Portsmouth – Portsmouth Poetry Hoot – featuring Wendy Mnookin and the Rev. Anne Fowler, followed by open mike (772-4345 http://www.pplp.org/HootNight.htm ). , 738 Islington St., Portsmouth - Hoots sponsored by Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program (info.pplp.org) http://www.PPLP.org/hootnight.htm)

March 7 Rochester NH Portable Pantry writers night Sign-ups are from 6 to 6:15. Our feature begins at 6:15, after which there will be a short break and the open mic portion of the program. Please;original poetry, prose, or music. Close at 8 PM. Portable Pantry at 12 Hanson St. in Rochester NH. (Pat O’Brien, 332-6357)
Born:
0302

George Sandys (1577 – March 1644) English traveller, colonist and poet.
http://ovid.lib.virginia.edu/sandys/contents.htm

Multatuli [Eduard Douwes Dekker] 1820-Feb 19,1887 Dutch writer Max Havelaar (1860)
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/multa.htm
http://home.zonnet.nl/multatuli-museum/

Shalom Aleichem (1859-1916) Yiddish story teller
http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Sholem_Aleichem

Friedebert Tuglas (1886-April 15,1971) Estonian author, scholar, critic, , Felix Ormusson (1915) and Väike Illimar (1937).
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/tuglas.htm

Alexander Ivanovich Oparin ( 1894, – April 21, 1980,) Soviet biochemist notable for his contributions to the theory of the origin of life, and for his authorship of the book The Origin of Life.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/429565/Aleksandr-Oparin

Morris Ketchum Jessup 1900 – April 20, 1959), US pioneer in ufological writings ; had a role in "uncovering" the so-called "Philadelphia Experiment" ;had a Master of Science Degree in astronomy and employed for most of his life as an automobile-parts salesman and a photographer.
http://www.softwareartist.com/philexp.html

Theodor Dr. Seuss Seuss Geisel (1904 – 09/24/1991) US writer-illustrator
http://www.catinthehat.org/history.htm
Geoffrey Grigson (1905- 25 Nov 1985) British writer.- Eng poet, anthologist
http://www.colander.org/gallimaufry/Grigson.html
Two Are Together

Two are together, I tell you,
A slope of a vowel, are a corner;
Grass short as a garden,
Bracken
Uncoiling,
Foxgloves, water
Descending,
Quartz in a stone.

This corner:
Mountain-ash (ferns
Up in air).
Then over an edge
This single
Blue wedge of a mountain;
This comfort, you tell me,
Contentment,
Compassion.

This wild-mint-scented scene
And wild roses
And wrinkle of water descending
Tending to laughter;
Together, then
After.
http://www.poemhunter.com/geoffrey-grigson/poems/

Olivia Mary Manning (1908 – 23 July 1980) British novelist, poet, writer and reviewer
http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3Aolivia+manning&qt=advanced&dblist=638

Tom Wolfe (1931) US journalist and novelist
http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Wolfe/e/B000APTFNS

John Irving (1942), writer born Exeter, N.H.
http://www.amazon.com/John-Irvings-Books-Best-Worst/lm/2FZNQTM9JT923

Peter Straub, (1943- ) American Writer
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1031

Passed:
0302
Horace Walpole, (09/24/1717 –1797) Earl of Orford, English writer Wrote the first Gothic novel
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/696/696-h/696-h.htm

George Dyer (1755–1841) English classicist and a writer/ Poet
http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/authorrecord.php?action=GET&recordid=33268

D. H. Lawrence (Sept 11,1885-1930) Eng Poet /novelist Lady Chatterley's Lover
http://www.online-literature.com/dh_lawrence/

Howard Carter ( May 9,1874-1939 ) Eng. Archeologist Uncovered Tutankhamun's Tomb

From King Tut

(King Tut) Now, if I'd known
They'd line up just to see him,
I'd taken all my money
And bought me a museum. (king Tut)

Buried with a donkey (funky Tut)
He's my favorite honkey!
Born in Arizona,
Moved to Babylonia (king Tut)

(Tut, Tut) Dancin' by the Nile, (Disco Tut, Tut)
{ From: http://www.elyrics.net }
The ladies love his style, (boss Tut, Tut)
Rockin' for a mile (rockin' Tut, Tut)
He ate a crocodile.

Now, when I die,
Now don't think I'm a nut,
Don't want no fancy funeral,
Just one like ole king Tut. (king Tut)

He coulda won a Grammy, (king Tut)
Buried in his Jammies, (king Tut)
Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia,
He was born in Arizona, got a condo made of stone-a,
King Tut!

As sung by Steve Martin

Lyrics from http://www.elyrics.net">eLyrics.net

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgTPH5y1-ZI

Charlie Christian ( July 26, 1916-1942 ) The original US guitar hero-early jazz
http://www.legacyrecordings.com/a/#/artist/charlie-christian/1948/

Philip K. Dick,( 1928- 2 March 1982) US writer Bladerunner
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?23

Serge Gainsbourg (April 2,1938-1991), French singer/songwriter. Famous for his 1969 UK No.1 duet with Jane Birkin on 'Je t'aime... Moi non plus.' During his career, he wrote the soundtracks for more than 40 films.
http://www.sergegainsbourg.com.fr/
http://lyricstranslate.com/en/je-t%E2%80%99aime%E2%80%A6-moi-non-plus-i-love-you-me-neither.html#songtranslation

Dusty Springfield Mary O'Brien (April 16, 1939 -1999), British singer (1963 ) ‘I Only Want To Be With You’, 1966 'You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me’
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dusty-springfield-mn0000159214

Hank Ballard (11/18/1927 –2003) US singer, songwriter . Wrote and recorded 'The Twist' but it was only released on the B-side of a record. One year later, Chubby Checker debuted his own version of 'The Twist' on Dick Clark's Philadelphia television show. It topped the charts and launched a dance craze that prompted the creation of other Twist songs, including 'Twist and Shout' by the Isley Brothers and 'Twistin' the Night Away' by Sam Cooke.
http://www.leoslyrics.com/hank-ballard-lyrics/
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hank-ballard-mn0000664194

Jeff Healey (March 25,1966 -2008), Blind,Canadian guitarist, singer “Angel Eyes”-12 albums, a long running radio show and worked with many artists including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, BB King, ZZ Top, Steve Lukather, Eric Clapton and Ian Gillan.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeff-healey-mn0000226634

Sites:
http://www.davidsurette.com/WhisperPast/WhisperIntro.htm
http://stephenking.kraftysworld.co.uk/
http://www.rockhall.com/
http://www.hoophall.com/
http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/

History:
0302
1899, President William McKinley signed legislation creating Mount Rainier National Park
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar02.html

Bonus Poem:
Rising Early to Read, on a Winter’s Morning

I Love to rise ere gleams the tardy light
(Winter’s pale dawn); and as warm fires illume,
And cheerful tapers shine around the room,
Through misty windows bend my musing sight,
Where, round the dusky lawn, the mansions white
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With shutters closed, peer faintly through the gloom
That slow recedes; while yon gray spires assume,
Rising from their dark pile, an added height
By indistinctness given: then to decree
The grateful thoughts to God, ere they unfold
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To friendship or the Muse, or seek with glee
Wisdom’s rich page. O hours more worth than gold,
By whose blest use we lengthen life, and, free
From drear decays of age, outlive the old.
By Anna Seward (1747–1809)

“The Poetical Works of Anna Seward, edited by Walter Scott, Esq. Edinburgh, 1810.”
http://www.bartleby.com/341/49.html

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