Archive for April, 2008
Riehlife Poem of the Day: New song lyric by Erwin A. Thompson “Somebody Else’s Woman”
My father while going through 100s of hours of recorded music tapes (one of his projects this winter is re-recording), he got fed up with all the “cheating” songs. He thought he would put in his version. He stayed up until Midnight writing it and this note that goes along with it. —JGR Erwin A. [...]
NYC Swap-O-Rama: Reuse & Create! Recycle used clothes! Clean Out Your Closets! April 27th
“There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.” —Gandhi Wendy Tremayne, mother of the Swap-O-Rama, based in NYC, a brilliant art from recycled materials project, tells us the next Swap-O-Rama has arrived. In between Swap-O-Rama’s she’s been hosting a weekly fabric art party where fabric, friends and fun come [...]
Riehlife Poem of the Day: Victor Hernandez Cruz “Problems with Hurricanes,” from “Maraca”
If you are going out Beware of mangoes And all such beautiful sweet things. —Victor Hernandez Cruz Mango on Tree (USDA) Click here to read an EXCELLENT interview with Victor Hernandeze Cruz on The Poetry Foundation site. Here are some excerpts of questions to whet your appetite: You don’t write what many would call autobiographical [...]
Earth Day Poetry link from a 9-year-old blogger in Buenos Aires
Milou, a 9 year old student from Buenos Aires, put up this blog as a place to share poems for e World Poetry Day (March 21st). On the blog “students, kids and poets, writers and artists from all over the world post a contribution for Earth Day.” Click here to see what they posted to [...]
Wole Soyinka, SIU Carbondale: “Have Culture; Will Dialogue”—a dialogue with civilizations
HOMEWORK LINKS 1) Click here to read Obi Nwakanma’s article “Nigeria: A Soyinka Symposium in Carbondale” published in the Vanguard (Lagos) WOLE Soyinka, one of Africa’s leading modernist voices excites a following that is both cultic and diffuse. 2) Also, check out Eyinju Odumare’s photos and commentary “All for Soyinka in Carbondale” ———————— “Culture dialogues [...]
Riehlife Poem of the Day: Obi Nwakanma’s “Credo” from “The Horseman and Other Poems”
Earlier this year Nigerian poet Obi Nwakanma filled my Gathering Room with talk that made the world right for the hours he shared himself and conversation. We exchanged poetry books at the end of our time together. I sent some of Daniel’s hardworking roses home for Obi’s wife. In the days that followed our encounter, [...]
Soyinka in St. Louis Conversation at Black Rep
Wole Soyinka HOMEWORK LINKS 1) Hear Soyinka’s rolling baritone, relaxed, just chatting, sharing wisdom First, let me give you a link to a 1998 conversation between Harry Kreisler and Wole Soyinka that took place in Berkeley, California as part of the “Conversations with History” series. What is said is still fresh today, AND you’ll get [...]
Soyinka’s “The Lion & The Jewel” brings total art to Edison Theatre, Washington University, St. Louis
“The Lion and the Jewel” written by Wole Soyinka, directed by Ron Himes and presented by the Washington University Performing Arts Department, opened tonightat Washington University’s Edison Theatre in St Louis, Missouri. The play continues through April 27th. The Washington University Performing Arts Department describes the dance-drama cum social satire like this:Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate [...]
Riehlife Earthquake Sandwich (with poem & earthquake memories): bread, spread & jolt
This morning I felt a familiar sensation in a totally unexpected place: an EARTHQUAKE (5.2 as it turns out), but in the Midwest, not Northern California, where earthquakes had become so common as not to be remarked upon. In California, pundits were always warning of California falling off into the ocean. Hey, maybe the country [...]
Science of Compassion link: What We Know Now & What We all Can Do
Photo by Eden Maxwell, from the Tibetan Museum on Staten Island His Holiness the Dalai Lama is joined at this event by four distinguished panelists. In addition to the interaction of the panelists, you’ll see short videos on the panelists’ work. Here’s the link for April 11, 2008 session (9-11 PST) at University of Washington, [...]
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