Strafford Notes, 13 September, 2013 (news) with Chip Bergeron on AuthorsDen

Follow Me

· Contact Me
· Sponsor Me!
· Articles
· Poetry
· News
· Stories
· Blog

· 115 Titles
· 526 Reviews
· Share with Friends!
· Member Since: Aug, 2010

Chip Bergeron, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen.


	Share Save

Strafford Notes, 13 September, 2013
Friday, September 13, 2013 8:30:00 AM

by Chip Bergeron

Poetry

Triskadecaphobes unite!!!! You have nothing to lose but your superstitions.

September 1 3
Events:
Sept 13 Exeter;. 7:00 pm _NEW TIME!-– First Unitarian-Universalist Society,– First Friday Coffeehouse – featuring poet, David Surette from the Cape Cod area & music followed by open mike (Bob Moore, 642-4648 or bmoore628.comcast.net ) To get to know David’s poetry, you can visit: www.davidsurette.com.
Sept 13 NYNY Ernest Hilbert Reads with Brenda Shaughnessy and Matthea Harvey at KGB Bar in the East Village. in New York City , hosted by Kate Gale FREE! 7PM 85 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003 http://www.everseradio.com/
Born:
0913
Masaoka Shiki Masaoka Tsunenori ( 1867- Sept 9,1902) Japanese writer usually credited with reviving the traditional Japanese poetic form of haiku.
http://www.poemhunter.com/masaoka-shiki/
http://www.poemofquotes.com/famoushaiku/shiki.php
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/shiki.htm
Sherwood Anderson (1876 – 03/08/1941) US writer
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Janderson.htm
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
John B. Priestly (1894 – 08/14/1984) English writer
http://www.jbpriestley.co.uk/JBP/Home.html
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/priestle.htm
Bill Monroe, (1911-1996 ), "Father of Bluegrass," a brilliant mandolinist and tenor singer.
http://www.billmonroe.com/
John Malcolm Brinnin, (1916- June 25,1998) American poet and biographer ; friend with Dylan Thomas and Truman Capote
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/79696/John-Malcolm-Brinnin
http://julielarios.blogspot.com/2008/08/poem-by-adam-zagajewski.html
A NEW ENGLAND SAMPLER

Miss Dickinson is gone;
Mr. Thoreau has lain
In deeper Concord for
Some three-score years and more.
I had thought these were bones
would rise like tawny pines.

Cabot came down this way,
Took five redskins away
To show for sixpence in
Alleys Shakespearian.
I had thought these were bones
would rise like tawny pines.

Newport, when Henry James
Was there, smelled of the Thames;
His polished jaw and eye
Furthered the heresy.
I had thought these were bones
would rise like tawny pines.

When Jonathan Edwards went
To live in a Berkshire tent,
The Indians knew the result:
His tongue was difficult.
I had thought these were bones
would rise like tawny pines.

Scholarship and time
Have brought them bookish fame,
Whose biographies on stone
Are paged by the careless rain.
I had thought these were bones
would rise like tawny pines.
http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/poets/brinnin.php
Roald Dahl (1916 – 11/23/1990) Welsh writer (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) James and the Giant Peach
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/rdahl.htm
Passed:
0913
Durante degli Alighieri, … Dante , 1265–1321), Italian poet of the Middle Ages.
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/dante.htm
Michel de Montaigne (02/28/1553 –1592) French writer
http://www.todayinliterature.com/today.asp?Search_Date=9/13/2013
Tupac Shakur (06/16/1971 –1996) US rapper
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/tupac

And 2Morrow
Today is filled with anger
fueled with hidden hate
scared of being outcast
afraid of common fate
Today is built on tragedies
which no one wants 2 face
nightmares 2 humanities
and morally disgraced
Tonight is filled with rage
violence in the air
children bred with ruthlessness
because no one at home cares
Tonight I lay my head down
but the pressure never stops
knawing at my sanity
content when I am dropped
But 2morrow I c change
a chance 2 build a new
Built on spirit intent of Heart
and ideals
based on truth
and tomorrow I wake with second wind
and strong because of pride
2 know I fought with all my heart 2 keep my
dream alive

http://allpoetry.com/poem/8574639-And-2Morrow-by-Tupac_Shakur
Sites:
http://versemag.blogspot.com/
bridgepoetry.gmail.com
www.davidsurette.com
https://www.facebook.com/vanjones
https://www.facebook.com/TheFreedomCafeDurham
http://brokenturtleblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/266/266-h/266-h.htm
https://www.facebook.com/events/197999363702229/permalink/212362452265920/
History:
0913
1501 – Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/02_february/05/divine_michelangelo_timeline.shtml
1759 – Battle of the Plains of Abraham in the French and Indian War ;the British defeat the French near Quebec City
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ba/Battle_of_the_Plains_of_Abraham
1848 – In Vermont, Phineas Gage survives a 3-foot (0.91 m)-plus iron rod being driven through his head
http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/a/phineas-gage.htm
2007 – The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the UN General Assembly
http://undesadspd.org/IndigenousPeoples/DeclarationontheRightsofIndigenousPeoples.aspx
Bonus Poem:
'The Going'
The cloth edge of certainty
has shredded down to this:
God and love are real,
but very far away.
If I go to Istanbul, will I return?
That is not one of the permitted questions.
When I go to Istanbul, how will I bear to return?
I could slip into the small streets
that lead away from the souk, then run east
to the high plain and the Caucasus --
It's all alone, the returning,
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/images/pixel.gif
the going. The cloth,
a soft holland whose blocks of blue and lemon
once cheered me in a skirt,
now dries dishes. God and love
are very far away, farther even
than the mountains in the east.
by April Bernard
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-07-12/news/36895680_1_poem-istanbul-cloth
“In certain ways writing is a form of prayer.” —Denise Levertov

More News about Chip Bergeron

Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

All the Babble of the Souk by Robin Ouzman Hislop

All the babble of the Souk all the life of the planet & so little part of it, that I breathe

Member BookAds

The Spicer of LIfe by D. Mullis

This is my personal inspirational book of poetry. It contains many poems written for family, friends, and relevant life situations. Hopefully you will find some that will encourage and inpsire you in whatever arena you are found in your circle of l

Member BookAds

Perceptions by Odin odin@aflx.com

"Perceptions" is a Limited Edition book of prosetry and photos where prose and verse are interrelated to explore philosophical ideas.

Member BookAds