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We miss you, Johnny!
In Memory of Johnny Dog Lehman (2007 [?] — June 18, 2024) June 19, 2024 Posted by The Best American Poetry on June 19, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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On Ron Padgett’s “Collected Poems” (Coffee House Press)
Ron Padgett, Collected Poems (Coffee House Books, 810 pages; October 2013) Long a mainstay of the New York School’s second generation, Ron Padgett – the self-styled ”Tulsa Kid,” as the title of one of his poetry collections has…
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Happy Birthday, Dean Martin (June 7)
Happy birthday, Dino. Ain't that a kick in the head?
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Happy birthday, Jerome Kern
Kathryn Grayson's incredible aria. . .in a great tribute to you, Mr. Kern, on your birthday, which you share with Mozart (January 27), whose 20th piano concerto is an eternal delight.
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“Company 654” [by Mitch Sisskind]
When I was in the Navy bootcamp R.L Greene was my Company Commander, like the drill sergeant in the army or Marines. I recently looked for him online and found this picture. It…
