by Keith Mankin | Apr 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Listen my children and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;Hardly a man in now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Paul Revere’s Ride”In celebration of the original...
by Keith Mankin | Apr 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
“The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the leas,The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me.” Thomas Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”Somber and moving, this curious...
by Keith Mankin | Apr 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Call the roller of big cigars,The muscular one, and bid him whipIn kitchen cups concupiscent curds.Let the wenches dawdle in such dressAs they used to wear, and let the boysBring flowers in last month’s newspapers.Let be be finale of seem.The only emperor is...
by Keith Mankin | Apr 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
“I am Ebenezer Bleezer,I run BLEEZER’S ICE CREAM STORE,there are flavors in my freezeryou have never seen before,twenty-eight divine creationstoo delicious to resist,why not do yourself a favor,try the flavors on my list: COCOA MOCHA MACARONITAPIOCA SMOKED...
by Keith Mankin | Apr 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
“April is the cruellest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain.” T.S. Eliot, “The Wasteland”Surely one of the most debated and notorious poems in the literature. The density of allusions and the...
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