Poems that dont look like plagiarism [sic]One that I wrote myself#plagiarism#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·May 6, 2010Poems that dont look like plagiarism [sic]
"[S]omething carelessly solid"Literary criticism, 1938#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·May 6, 2010"[S]omething carelessly solid"
"Love, Irving Sappho"From J.D. Salinger#fiction#poetry#Salinger#Sappho·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 13, 2010"Love, Irving Sappho"
On this day in 1327Petrarch entered the labyrinth#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 7, 2010On this day in 1327
Biden's VirgilDid Virgil say it?#poetry#politics#Virgil·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 29, 2010Biden's Virgil
Geoffrey Chaucer, Ezra Pound, B.P.E.Reading Chaucer before Post-it Notes#Chaucer#language#poetry#Post-itNotes#reading·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 3, 2010Geoffrey Chaucer, Ezra Pound, B.P.E.
Shopping with Robert FrostWhose prices these are I think I know.#coffee#poetry#shopping·mleddy.blogspot.com·Nov 30, 2009Shopping with Robert Frost
“Julia A. Moore” on “Lord Byron”The Sweet Singer of Michigan celebrates her fellow poet.#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Nov 3, 2009“Julia A. Moore” on “Lord Byron”
Byron disses “Turdsworth”Byron's name for his fellow poet#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Nov 3, 2009Byron disses “Turdsworth”
Translations, mules, briarsGuy Davenport on Richmond Lattimore#Homer#Iliad#Odyssey#poetry#translation·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 14, 2009Translations, mules, briars
John Ashbery not awarded Nobel PrizeThat'd be my headline.#JohnAshbery#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 9, 2009John Ashbery not awarded Nobel Prize
Teleconference: Stanley Lombardo reads HomerComing in December, Stanley Lombardo reads from the Odyssey#classics#Homer#Odyssey#poetry#StanleyLombardo·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 4, 2009Teleconference: Stanley Lombardo reads Homer
You know you’re really an English major of a certain age when . . .you immediately recognize T.S. Eliot’s Complete Poems and Plays: 1909–1950 (1971) on the bookshelf behind the interviewees on MSNBC’s Hardball.#books#poetry#television#TSEliot·mleddy.blogspot.com·Aug 23, 2009You know you’re really an English major of a certain age when . . .
“Editor’s Lament”Geo-B writes a poem about plagiarized poetry in prison#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Aug 12, 2009“Editor’s Lament”
Prisoners plagiarized poemsPoetry plagiarism in prison#plagiarism#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Aug 12, 2009Prisoners plagiarized poems
"[T]hree days after Bastille day, yes"Billie Holiday died on July 17, 1959#BillieHoliday#FrankO'Hara#jazz#music#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jul 20, 2009"[T]hree days after Bastille day, yes"
Poems, "made of words"William Carlos Williams: "Poems are not made of thoughts, beautiful thoughts. It's made of words, pigments, put on. Here, there, made, actually."#poetry#words#WilliamCarlosWilliams·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jul 20, 2009Poems, "made of words"
"Let the Earth Bear Witness"Words by William Butler Yeats, music by Mike Scott of The Waterboys#music#poetry#culture#Yeats·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jun 27, 2009"Let the Earth Bear Witness"
Ducks amuckOn the use of kazoo-like instruments to promote amphibious-vehicle tours in San Francisco, with references to Merrie Melodies and John Ashbery.#culture#cartoons#JohnAshbery#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jun 8, 2009Ducks amuck
John Ashbery at 81"I guess I'm just an 80-year-old adolescent. Or 81."#JohnAshbery#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 27, 2009John Ashbery at 81
Poetry and difficultyMystery and opacity, yes; Dana Gioia's "Summer Storm," no.#poetry#teaching·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 21, 2009Poetry and difficulty
"[S]ought for smell for dust for lace"A Gregory Corso poem#literature#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 9, 2009"[S]ought for smell for dust for lace"
After William CarlosBernard Madoff's "This Is Just to Say"#parody#poetry#WilliamCarlosWilliams·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 26, 2009After William Carlos
The Brooklyn National Anthem"Spring has sprung, the grass has riz. I wonder where the birdies is."#Brooklyn#culture#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 24, 2009The Brooklyn National Anthem
791 BroadwayFrank O'Hara's last Manhattan address appears to be awaiting demolition#FrankO'Hara#NewYorkCity#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 20, 2009791 Broadway
From the Doyle editionYou can't do this on the Kindle: a page from my college paperback of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets#books#reading#paper#technology#poetry#TSEliot·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 12, 2009From the Doyle edition
Three inaugural momentsSources for Barack Obama's speech and Joseph Lowery's benediction#BarackObama#culture#music#poetry·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jan 25, 2009Three inaugural moments
