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Strafford Notes 21 March, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:05:00 AM

by Chip Bergeron

Poetry

Have a terriffic Thursday....

March 21
Events:
Manchester– 7 -11pm – Milly’s Tavern,– Slam Free or Die – Desiree Dallagiacomo & Last Chance Slam! Features, and open mike (647-9991 or bridgepoetry.gmail.com )
March 21 Effingham Town Library, Effingham - Writers' Night – 7-9pm – - Rebecca Rule / Tom Diegoli Feature followed by open mike (http://effingham.lib.nh.us , 539-7694, marilyn.effingham.lib.nh.us , or katiemccarthy.roadrunner.com ) http://www.redgallagher.com/index.html
March 21 Portsmouth – Beat Night - 7-9pm – Press Room, – Featured Readers: Accompanied by The Larry Simon Ensemble- Larry Simon-Guitar, Scip Gallant-Keys, Cynthia Chatis-Flute Mike Barron & Frank Laurino-percussion, Chris Stambaugh-Bass(followed by the open mic with Tammi Truax) (431-5186, www.portsmouthnh.com/pressroom ) 77 Daniel Street Portsmouth, NH 03801

Born:
0321
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 07/28/1750) German composer
http://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxjsbach.html
http://www.jsbach.net/bcs/index.html
Jean Paul Richter (1763 – 11/14/1825) German writer
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-author=Johann%20Paul%20Friedrich%20Richter&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AJohann%20Paul%20Friedrich%20Richter
Benito Pablo Juárez 1806 – July 18,1882 Oaxaca Mexico, President of México (1858-72)
http://www.bajainsider.com/baja-life/holidays/benitopablojuarezgarcia%20.htm
Charlotte Bronte 1816-1854 novelist/poet as Currier Bell
http://www.online-literature.com/brontec/
Mathilde Blind (1841- 26 November 1896) ) Eng Poetess
http://archive.org/stream/selectionfrompoe00blinuoft/selectionfrompoe00blinuoft_djvu.txt
Florenz Ziegfeld, (1869- )US showman ;Starting in 1907, he staged the Ziegfeld Follies in New York—featuring scantily clad show girls, extravagant sets and costumes, and musical comedy. He launched the careers of Fanny Brice, W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, and Eddie Cantor
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar21.html
Eddie James "Son" House 1902-October 19, 1988 Folk blues musician (Delta Blues)
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/son-house-mn0000753094
Phyllis McGinley 1905 – 02/22/1978 US, poet (Pulitzer 1961 Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades (1960); Love Letters ;A Pocketful of Wry
The Angry Man
The other day I chanced to meet
An angry man upon the street —
A man of wrath, a man of war,
A man who truculently bore
Over his shoulder, like a lance,
A banner labeled “Tolerance.”

And when I asked him why he strode
Thus scowling down the human road,
Scowling, he answered, “I am he
Who champions total liberty —
Intolerance being, ma’am, a state
No tolerant man can tolerate.

“When I meet rogues,” he cried, “who choose
To cherish oppositional views,
Lady, like this, and in this manner,
I lay about me with my banner
Till they cry mercy, ma’am.” His blows
Rained proudly on prospective foes.

Fearful, I turned and left him there
Still muttering, as he thrashed the air,
“Let the Intolerant beware!”

http://www.poemhunter.com/phyllis-mcginley/
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/640
Nizar Quabbani (1923-May1,1998),Syrian diplomat, poet, essayist and playwright
his first anthology, Childhood of a Bosom (1948) ;Dialogue
http://www.poemhunter.com/nizar-qabbani/
Jules Bergman (1929 – February 11, 1987), broadcast writer and journalist, served as Science Editor for ABC News from 1961 until 1987. He is most remembered for his coverage of the American space program.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28223489
Solomon Burke, (1940-Oct10,2010) US singer, the king of rock & soul, (1961 'Just Out Of Reach Of My Open Arms', 1963 R&B, 'Got To Get You Off My Mind').
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/solomon-burke-mn0000031067
John Boylan, 1941- , American producer and songwriter. Worked with Rick Nelson, the Association, the Dillards. He also managed Linda Ronstadt and introduced her to a then unknown group of musicians who went on to become her backing band in 1971, and later became the Eagles.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-boylan-mn0000810116
Guy Chadwick, 1956- English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (The House of Love)
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/cherryred-exd.asp?id=3915
Ayrton Senna 1960-May1, 1994 Brazilian formula-1 racer ,three-time F1 World Champion
(1988 ,’90, ‘91champion)
http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/45/
Thomas Frank 1965-US Historian; Founding editor, The Baffler
http://www.tcfrank.com/
Kenny Bräck 1966- Swedish auto racer Winner, 1999 Indianapolis 500
http://www.kennybrack.com/index.html

Passed:
0321
Robert Southey (08/12/1774 –1843) English writer -Romantic poet laureate; A Vision of Judgment
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816150/
http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Literary/Southey.htm
Cyril M Kornbluth, (July23,1923-1958 ) US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants)
http://www.severing.nu/cmk.htm
Clarence Leonidas "Leo" Fender (August 10, 1909 –1991) American inventor(Fender guitar- The Telecaster and Stratocaster. He started mass producing solid body electric guitars in the late 40s and when he sold his guitar company in 1965, sales were in excess of $40 million a year.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/leo-fender-mn0001319188
Lyics to his guitar by Jimi Hendrex
http://www.strat-talk.com/forum/sidewinders-bar-grille/76056-how-did-jimi-actually-die.html
Robert Waltrip "Bobby" Short (Sept 15, 1924 –2005) American cabaret singer and pianist
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bobby-short-mn0000077560
Christine Frances Evelyn Brooke-Rose (Jan 16,1923-2012) Eng Novelist Out (1964)
http://www.amazon.com/Christine-Brooke-Rose/e/B001HONX4I/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4?qid=1363839926&sr=1-4

Sites:
http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html
http://drupal.stpetersburgreview.com/drupal/
http://mainehumanities.org/index.php
http://outlawpoetry.com/2010/09/04/12-great-americans/
http://corneliastreetcafe.com/
http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/
http://www.harpswell.maine.gov/
http://poems.com/

History:
0321
1617 Rebecca Rolfe (Pocahontas, the daughter of the Chieftan Powhatan)
died on a visit to England from the colonies.
http://apva.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=26

1918, World War I. German General Erich Ludendorff launched the biggest to drive a wedge between the British and French- Battle of the Somme killed a half million soldiers in 2 weeks

1969 John & Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton)
http://www.beatlesbible.com/1969/03/25/john-and-yokos-first-bed-in-for-peace/

1970 Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC s Wide World of Sports.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKEDD1i4oGk

1984, Strawberry Fields, an area in Central Park bought by Yoko Ono in memory of her late husband was opened
http://www.centralpark.com/guide/attractions/strawberry-fields.html

Bonus Poem:

Being Boring

'May you live in interesting times.' Chinese curse
If you ask me 'What's new?', I have nothing to say
Except that the garden is growing.
I had a slight cold but it's better today.
I'm content with the way things are going.
Yes, he is the same as he usually is,
Still eating and sleeping and snoring.
I get on with my work. He gets on with his.
I know this is all very boring.
There was drama enough in my turbulent past:
Tears and passion - I've used up a tankful.
No news is good news, and long may it last,
If nothing much happens, I'm thankful.
A happier cabbage you never did see,
My vegetable spirits are soaring.
If you're after excitement, steer well clear of me.
I want to go on being boring.
I don't go to parties. Well, what are they for,
If you don't need to find a new lover?
You drink and you listen and drink a bit more
And you take the next day to recover.
Someone to stay home with was all my desire
And, now that I've found a safe mooring,
I've just one ambition in life: I aspire
To go on and on being boring.

by Wendy Cope

http://cottertherealdeal.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html

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