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Monday, September 21, 2020

September 16

The Woman Who Turned Down a Date with a Cherry Farmer by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Indispensable Lessons by Saad Ali

Human Habitat by Alison Hawthorne Deming 

If Covid-19 Wasn’t a Stain in the Wind, Would the Earth Bleed Any Less? by Anthony Okpunor

The Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire by Sarah Kay




No Nutshell discussion this week.  Please feel free to comment on the poems!


 Elaine mentioned “Indispensable Lessons” generated a lot fo good conversation without any reference to the fact it was an ekphrastic response.   Her research into the poem: 
The ekphrastic challenge using the painting “Potato Theatre” by To Yen.https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic/ekphrastic-challenge-responses-toyen


Marna wanted to share this poem by Verlaine, The Exquisite Hour she heard on public radio,  The YouTube of the song is called, Renaldo Hahn L’Heure Exquise The Exquisite Hour.translated,  I’m not sure it was this, but you can hear the music and English subtitles here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl22CLqxwus

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