Monthly Archives: April 2022

But it’s alright, Ma, it’s life, and life only

This is what rappers can only dream of. Some of my favorite lines: So don’t fear if you hear A foreign sound to your ear It’s alright, Ma, I’m only sighing While money doesn’t talk, it swears But even the … Continue reading

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Excerpts from The Man with the Blue Guitar by Wallace Stevens

Previously, I looked at some amazing Wallace Stevens quotes in this post (internal link). Here, Stevens is more fully presented in these excerpts selected by the University of Penn. (external link). They said, “You have a blue guitar, You do … Continue reading

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Musings by William Barnes

I’m watching Star Trek: Picard on the Paramount+ Channel or whatever the marketing boys call it. The theme for this season revolves around how we as a race are always imprisoned in the past. F. Scott Fitzgerald most famously caught … Continue reading

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Let’s Not Forget Madonna

This would have outshined anything at Cochella today. Great songwriting. Extra points for using Zephyr. Ray of Light Zephyr in the sky at night I wonder Do my tears of mourning sink beneath the sun? She’s got herself a universe … Continue reading

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It’s What’s for Dinner

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