April 1-2

We will continue "virtual" discussion via zoom.
In the packet:

Basho

Pileated Woodpecker Barbara Loots

The End of Science Fiction — Lisel Mueller

Proximity  by Karen Head

Let Me Begin Again Philip Levine

Sent with the email:

1. STOP! An Imagined Letter from Covid-19 to Humans

I love listening to the Italian video (English subtitles) . A link to it (from a reply to the original facebook post in English, by Kristin Flyntz. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3020095601354571&id=100000624824896

It’s gone viral in many languages here: #LISTEN #ASCOLTA 

 2.  Lockdown https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ireland-priest-coronavirus-lockdown-poem_n_5e748a0cc5b6f5b7c541e875

3. Pandemic by Lynn Ungar http://www.lynnungar.com/poems/pandemic/

We did not get to the Covid poems...
Follow-up email 4/2:

Dear all,

It takes a group to make a terrific group!  Thank you Elaine for inviting us all!  I may have missed a few items in this short summary follow-up from April 1 — feel free to add.

 Thank you all for participating as you can.  

Links: I give a cursory summary of comments on my blog here: https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8871830243813058410#allposts

(see Recovered Discussion points April 1)

Thank you Kathy for all these links

and to John for bring them up.

Philip Levine reading his poem, “Let me begin Again”  

Let Me Begin Again   the poem which we discussed 4/1,              text

His other poems: Poetry of Jazz, vol 2 

The Simple Truth  title poem of his Pulitzer Prize winning book       text

Poetry of Jazz Vol 1

What Work Is                  text           

They Feed They Lion        text 

 Thank you also Kathy for the info about Mary Sybist and the Annunciation series from which the picture puzzle poem came.  :https://kenyonreview.org/kr-online-issue/2014-winter/selections/incarnadine-by-mary-szybist-738439/

from Bernie : Fwd: "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution" Netflix film trailer

 a blurb from IMDB on the documentary film: 

Down the road from Woodstock, a revolution blossomed at a ramshackle summer camp for teenagers with disabilities, transforming their lives and igniting a landmark movement.

Directors:  James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham

Writers: James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham

Stars:Larry Allison, Dennis Billups, HolLynn D'Lil  | See full cast & crew »

And here's a link to a YouTube trailer of the Netflix movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRrIs22plz0

It was a great session… I hope you all are well and safe.  A friend of Bernie’s has taken to signing off this way.

Stay well

      Stay hopeful

             Stay curious.

Bernie likes it, and so do I, so thank him,

as I wish it to  you all!

Kitty