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... but does it Really matter ~ ?" ~ Dana Point http://www.nea.gov/chairman/gioia-bio.html ~ * ~ Blog, I'll warrant ye, or dog? Who knows. Pass the grog! But if ye see me lost pup, please bring that scurvy dog home! I got Leon a brand-new bone, with a chest full a' booty. _________________ http://journals.aol.com/virginiaz/DreamingofLeonardo "The art world was fortunate that it was Jesse Helms instead of someone with more credibility And standing in the Congress Making these arguments." ~ John Frohnmayer, >From "Leaving Town Alive" [p. 44] "Huh ~ ?" ~ Twittering "Let's build a funeral pyre Out of the desiccated conventions Piled around us And watch the ancient, spangle-feathered, Unkillable phoenix rise >From the ashes." ~ Dana Gioia, >From "Can Poetry Matter?" 1991 http://www.danagioia.net/essays/ecpm.htm "This is why cross ~ posting is great ~ That is because my poasting rate has been very poor. Busy time of year An' all that." ~ Baron P. Parsnip of Formaldehyde "April is the cruelest month." ~ Folly ~ * ~ The Grillage ... Inc. A Very Fine Eatery, Drinkery, & Quaint Curiosity ~ West Edge Off Center, en Morning Wood ~ * ~ "Grrrrr ~ ! When's a growl only a maniacal Menacing Meow ~ !" ~ Grail, A Grillage "In the room of Vermeer." ~ Blanc Toad "UBIQUITOUS, ESOTERIC, OXYMORON, SERENDIPITY, HUBRIS, OBSEQUIOUS, And ECLECTIC ..." ~ Patek Phillipe "Flub-a-dub, fourscore, frat rat, freight rate, Frito Bandito, fuddy-duddy, Funny money, Gaggin' wagon, Gator freighter, gender bender, Gritz blitz, ground round, hanky-panky, harum-scarum, Get a Head Start On Hector The Collector ~ !" ~ Sir Cumference "Hector The Collector sent urgent Word, Beware, be very, very wary ~ The heebie-jeebie(s), helter-skelter, hemidemisemiquaver, Herky-jerky, hexaflexagon, higgledy piggledy, Hipper-dipper, hobnob, hobson-jobson, Hocus-pocus ~ !" ~ Merryvale "Hoity-toity, hokey-cokey, hokey-pokey, Holy moly ~ ! Honey-bunny, hootchie-kootchie, Hop on Pop, Hotch-potch, hot shot, Hubble-bubble, Hugger-mugger, hully-gully ~ !" ~ Black Rock "Humba Wumba (a good magician in Banjo-Tooie video games), Humpty Dumpty, hurdy-gurdy, hurly-burly, hurry-scurry, Ill will, Itsy-bitsy, Jeepers creepers ~ ! Look at that jet set Legal Beagle Sailing in ..." ~ Twittering "I heard the hush of a captured bird, The twisted wings, the pounding heart." ~ Dana Gioia, >From "Nosferatu," An opera "Jeepers creepers ~ !" ~ Fobby "Heck, yeah ~ !" ~ Trefethen "I came to a table set for a feast, Decked with silver and delicate lace. The crystal shimmered in candlelight. A long-stemmed rose adorned each place." ~ Dana Gioia, >From "Nosferatu," An opera "As in an earlier phase, commonplace expressions Go mad with jealousy, call off the affair, Migrate to other seasons, warmer climates Where shores invest themselves with over ~ heated meaning. Embellish the picture. Dolly back To an angle where highlights frame the text Of their own accord after you've left the room. Beautiful swimmers wearily assemble to guard the coast. Arrange the silver tea service. Embellish the absence. Shapes return to claim their place at table." ~ Virginia Hooper, >From "Postcards" "... & What If I own no silver tea service ~ ?" ~ Sharon Olds, 1988, On the steps Of the Columbia Unversity library "It's just a poem." ~ Virginia Hooper, 1988 "But when the moth lay in its trap, I saw the prey was you." ~ Dana Gioia, >From "Nosferatu," "And if by air, now, I call desperately Out ~ 'What say you To me, if prayers of mind no longer answer, If air too silvered, my heart too shredded, My bed too unwedded, for heart's anchorage To whole ~ ?" ~ Twittering "I came down a stair to a bolted door. I touched the lock, and it fell away." ~ Dana Gioia "And if lingering on my stair, I spot You here, you point me the rest of the way, What words would you say, what consortium Tumbles letters falling, if only Cardinals Know a combination's lock upon a sundial, Or touchstone fingers tap, for sightless way ~ ? ~ Twittering "Rough stuff, Wooooooooooooof Wooffffffffffffffffffff ~ ! Not the only Max In town, or Man Of Style." ~ Maria Kalman "On this part of town, know squirrel's gone abroad, No Silver Scottie or funny money's Befallen my way Today, or yesterday ~ But most certainly on The Day Of the Island of the Day Before, Where I own my own spruce on Park Place, Evergreen forevermore." ~ Fobby "The room a chapel lit by candles, But the cross had been broken in two." ~ Dana Gioia "Lust, (m.; en)[~Lat. lascivus (dartel), Gr. lastè (hoer), Russ. Laska (liefkozing)], begeerte, trek, aandrift. Food and eroticism seldom really go together, Although they have much in common. Both are physically satisfying, Both are indispensable, And both are usually considered extremely pleasant. Both are matters of personal taste ..." ~ National Library of the Netherlands "O a fine cookbook, I urgently require ~ Our guests this evening, Higher Society, Cornish Hens, A Pair of Partridges, Too Cuckoos, and A Dutch Cartographer ... For dessert, Bartlett Pears, Petit Fours, and Smores ~ !" ~ La Crema ~ * O ~ Oranje "Oran'je, (m.-v.;-s) 1 vorst of vorstin uit het huis van Oranje. 2 (sportt.) Nederlandse nationale ploeg. The Netherlands may be a democratic nation to the bone, But the Dutch hold The House of Orange dear." ~ The Library of the Netherlands http://www.kb.nl/galerie/wonderbaarlijkalfabet/o-en.html ~ * ~ "Quaffing, as your taintless way is, From a chalice Lucent ~ weeping out of the dayspring." ~ Francis Thompson, >From "The Hound of Heaven" "Quoof Quoof ~ ! My lustful figure ruffs, Cascade of stripes Stellar showers splash, out of night christens, Quench drunk, your milky way, I thirst ~ A cast of stars from a chase Lucent ~ spilling Out of Quarks, as your swallow sings, Wanton wings, bated luminary >From a chalice Scales ascend upon, a flutter past your cheek ..." ~ Equus Quagga "!Hottentots!" ~ Mer Loleil ~ * Restoring The QUAGGA ~ ! "In 1883, biologists believed the world had lost one of its zebra species. The last known Quagga, an unusual brownish, partly striped zebra, died in the Amsterdam Zoo. Hunters had already exterminated its wild cousins, sought for their striking hides and because ranchers believed they competed with livestock for grasses. Now, more than 100 years later, researchers in South Africa are on the verge of bringing the Quagga ~ or at least a modern version of it ~ back to life." http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/horsetigers/quagga.html ~ * ~ "Try Solid ~ rough." ~ Francesca "Rufffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ~ !" ~ Max, A frightfully festive French Poodle, Avec oodles & oodles of Snooker Doodle's Kisses "... a study In contrasts, by conte crayon ~ The Tao of Too." ~ Mum "The sun is not a lightbulb." ~ The Annotator "Sunday Night In Santa Rosa ~ The carnival is over. The high tents, the palaces of light, are folded flat and trucked away. A three-time loser yanks the Wheel of Fortune off the wall. Mice pick through the garbage by the popcorn stand. A drunken giant falls asleep beside the juggler, and the Dog-Faced Boy sneaks off to join the Serpent Lady for the night. Wind sweeps ticket stubs along the walk. The Dead Man loads his coffin on a truck. Off in a trailer by the parking lot the radio predicts tomorrow's weather while a clown stares in a dressing mirror, takes out a box, and peels away his face., ~ Dana Gioia "Le Masque pour Luminaire, La Masque pour Noir ~ For a casket both opens And conceals, if a garden flowers hours Rung, A Vesper's whispering call For supper, Not last Not lost. First Whether by hearse or horse Your carriage bears you down Fifth, Your forebears Waving, Your marriage carriage, Your sacred confession, A Processional Paving your way's Heaven ..." ~ Capsicum > "Sunday Night > In Santa Rosa ~ I suppose this proves that the "Shock Treatments" didn't take ? H.J. "Sunday Night ON Santa Rosa Island ..." ~ Dana "I suppose this proves that the 'Shock Treatments' didn't take ~ ? ~ H.J. "Birds do It, Bees do It, For Vesper's supper Alas ready, a heady serving Of hot soup, ladled >From the cradle. Not least, remember, No loss is original If through a star's deserted tear First you wink While inhearse or upon horse The Deade Boyz blink, Rattle chains, if weather cloudy Wintery or windy, if Your carriage bears you forth, For sails Sally you forth toward a sale, Breakfast, O alas, @ Tiffanys first, before Down Fifth, A Pee Promenade, you prance Your Im Pee Dance By romance Or unbearable Wait of Love." ~ Twittering "If from wake or slumber Your humble dreams whisper, Remember ~ Wishes on your fingers Number >From One To Ten & back again." ~ Mum "Until A wave Or mourning's tide washes your Attic vessel Homeward bound Again ..." ~ Ashberry "Homeward bound Again Across the sound, for Mooring's anchor, Your Ship of Foole's anchorage For Cast, O, still a ways off course, O, mon cher, of course." ~ The Annotator "When she revived, she was not dead, But on the ocean's floor instead." ~ Edward, >From "The Tuning Fork" "The room a chapel lit by candles, But the cross had been broken in two." ~ Dana Gioia "In Too, I broke, my cross to bear, But Rothko's chapel, by candles lit, My form, if wax lost, I found here, As well, my cast, by craven ravens bit, Madness, a lunar flight no candle lights, But by Star's a spotlight A shadow cast of Noir, if ravens Quote forevermore." ~ Twittering "!Snap!" ~ Star Noir "... He'll pace allright but then look carefully at how, reaching the edge, he turns around... ... that quick step revolving on the one hind leg, bringing the other down just as the swivel ends, then giving over all the weight to one front paw, onto each pad distinctly it would seem, then onto number four and he's around headed the other way again." ~ Jorie Graham ~ * ~ Blog, I'll warrant ye, or dog? Who knows. Pass the grog! But if ye see me lost pup, please bring that scurvy dog home! I got Leon a brand-new bone, with a chest full a' booty. _________________ http://journals.aol.com/virginiaz/DreamingofLeonardo "Hark, low, Know forever more ~ Hasten whole Heartedly, for larks a dog barks ~ ! Call The Pet Shop Boyz Post Haste, Not Hoc~ !" ~ Master Minor Byrd "You called, Or U Too ~ ?" ~ Dr. Peter Kross, DVM, Dog Murderer "Hey, Dude, You owe us ~ ! Ransom note, How much ~ ?" ~ Folly "Upon the floor, by ocean washed, A head, apparently deade, she tossed, Rolling fast across By windy force, Who said, 'O, mon chair, of course No longer do I need, my body lost." ~ The Annotator "The room a chapel lit by candles, But the cross had been broken in two." ~ Dana Gioia "Lust, (m.; en)[~Lat. lascivus (dartel), Gr. lastè (hoer), Russ. Laska (liefkozing)], begeerte, trek, aandrift. Food and eroticism seldom really go together, Although they have much in common. Both are physically satisfying, Both are indispensable, And both are usually considered extremely pleasant. Both are matters of personal taste ..." ~ National Library of the Netherlands "O a fine cookbook, I urgently require ~ Our guests this evening, Higher Society, Cornish Hens, A Pair of Partridges, Too Cuckoos, and A Dutch Cartographer ... For dessert, Bartlett Pears, Petit Fours, and Smores ~ !" ~ La Crema ~ * O ~ Oranje "Oran'je, (m.-v.;-s) 1 vorst of vorstin uit het huis van Oranje. 2 (sportt.) Nederlandse nationale ploeg. The Netherlands may be a democratic nation to the bone, But the Dutch hold The House of Orange dear." ~ The Library of the Netherlands http://www.kb.nl/galerie/wonderbaarlijkalfabet/o-en.html ~ * ~ "Quaffing, as your taintless way is, From a chalice Lucent ~ weeping out of the dayspring." ~ Francis Thompson, >From "The Hound of Heaven" "Quoof Quoof ~ ! My lustful figure ruffs, Cascade of stripes Stellar showers splash, out of night christens, Quench drunk, your milky way, I thirst ~ A cast of stars from a chase Lucent ~ spilling Out of Quarks, as your swallow sings, Wanton wings, bated luminary >From a chalice Scales ascend upon, a flutter past your cheek ..." ~ Equus Quagga "!Hottentots!" ~ Mer Loleil ~ * Restoring The QUAGGA ~ ! "In 1883, biologists believed the world had lost one of its zebra species. The last known Quagga, an unusual brownish, partly striped zebra, died in the Amsterdam Zoo. Hunters had already exterminated its wild cousins, sought for their striking hides and because ranchers believed they competed with livestock for grasses. Now, more than 100 years later, researchers in South Africa are on the verge of bringing the Quagga ~ or at least a modern version of it ~ back to life." http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/horsetigers/quagga.html ~ * ~ "Try Solid ~ rough." ~ Francesca "Rufffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ~ !" ~ Max, A frightfully festive French Poodle, Avec oodles and oodles of Snooker Doodle's Kisses "From train station, he disembarks, eyeing town; Strangers mingle; one sports evening gown. Beyond a glass quaint jesters play charades. He peers, whereupon his dead body laid. >From bones to ashes Leonardo rose from coals, Melody his libretto now for many roles." ~ Cotter "Aloft, A spark transmitter For lunar sail across Pacific ~ All atwitter Avec Folly & Twittering [& babysitter, her milk sorcerer] A rescue mission Stem to stern Of very fine intention For The Sorrow Of The Little Sand Crabs." ~ Sir Cumference nightbat wrote > "Aloft, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Of The Little Sand Crabs." > ~ Sir Cumference nightbat When down and dirty and in passion doubt check the oil lick it up, and ring that bell don't forget to ring the ladies bell! on alert, the nightbat "When down and dirty And in passion doubt Check the oil, lick it Up, and ring that bell ~ Don't forget to ring The ladies bell ~ ! On alert." ~ nightbat "Or gravy, tongue to savor, Off left foreclaw ~ foot, Mahogany Wing chair, Delft blew plate China perched precarioulsy upon right arm, A wedge of Black Forest cake, Silver fork, cherry half bitten, upholstery, worn." ~ Kibbles Twitter? Rob Yes, Fluff ~ ? "Ortenzia Caviglia, hitherto unheard, went on instead; her 'Vide le cereuil, vide mon coeur' put the audience into raptures." ~ Edward Gorey, >From "The Blue Aspic" "Meanwhile, assorted and sundry bats Flew swiflty down from the rafters ~ The call of laughter Their beacon, peel of bells rung from the belfry A tolled Tale Sung of Too." ~ Martin Peal ~ A ringing of bells, Especially a change or series of changes rung on bells. A set of tuned bells. A loud repetitive sound, for example, of thunder or laughter. To ring a bell loudly and sonorously, or to be rung in this way To say something loudly And sonorously. "The orange peel Uncoils artfully, by blade's deft Curve Her hand precisely guides Skating figures 8's over ice, she glides ~ A whiff, as if perfect seal Of citrus scent sails in to Delft On a ship from exotic farther lands, Artfully unwraps A stroke of chromatic gilded nerve A tone's tuning fork precisely strikes >From sable brush, pigment's swept Stroke light delights and dapples, Opalescent citrus tears wept Upon a stretch of cotton primed for apples, Bartlett pears, and sundry Other Vanitas reminders on a Sunday night." ~ Margaux ~ * Elaborate Tabletop Still Life with Foodstuffs, Exotic Animals, And Precious Objects * ~ Jan Davidsz. de Heem Dutch, 1606-c. 1684, Active in Antwerp Late 1640's Oil on canvas, 59 1/4 x 46 1/4 inches. Bequest of John Ringling. http://www.ringling.org/educational_programs2.asp?id=75 ~ * ~ ~ * The Ringling Museum Of Art * ~ Offers special group tours for blind and visually impaired visitors and their companions. These interactive tours, led by trained docents, include engaging verbal descriptions of the works of art on view; reproduction enhancements; tactile diagrams to help visitors "feel" the work of art; and touchable props. Tours of the Museum of Art are available to groups of five or more people with visual impairment and their companions. Tours are offered by advanced reservation only: Tuesdays - Fridays from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. http://www.ringling.org/visitor_information2.asp?id=64&fragment=0&SearchType=AND &terms=blind ~ * ~ |
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