SOME QUOTES FOR POETRY MONTH (ALTHOUGH EVERY MONTH IS POETRY MONTH FOR ME)

"One condition indispensable for the production of a poem is the existence in society of a problem whose solution is unimaginable except by a poem." —Vladmir Mayakovsky

"Poetry is a pain in the ass and vice versa." —Merril Gilfillan

"Poetry is shit for your fan." —Morgan Gibson

(all found in an old notebook but I didn't write down where I read them (or who translated the first one))

ANOTHER GOOD QUOTE

NOT TO BE MISSED

IN HONOR OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF JACKIE ROBINSON'S ENTRY INTO THE UP-TO-THEN "WHITES ONLY" MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL (AND "POETRY MONTH")

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A REMINDER

ONCE UPON A TIME

my Irish immigrant grandmother Lally, who lived down the street, my Aunt Allie, who lived with us, my oldest sibling Tommy in uniform, the next oldest, Buddy (AKA Jimmy) beside him, soon to enlist in the Navy, then my Grandma Dempsey, who would soon be living with us, my mom holding me, my Aunt Peggy who lived with Grandma and not-in-the-photo Grandpa Lally, and my Aunt Mary who lived next door, the kids are my sister Joan, next door cousin Rod (AKA John), down the street cousin Micki, my sister Irene, our father in the fedora, and brother Robert down in front, late 1944 I'd guess...

Rod, Irene and me the only ones still alive...

HE HAD HIS FAULTS BUT AT LEAST HE WAS INTELLIGENT AND ARTICULATE (AND OFTEN CORRECT) CHECK IT OUT FROM 2:28 ON