words words words
the old italian songstress mina (check her out...no, she only LOOKS like a drag queen). anyway, mina's got this old song called "parole parole parole," or "words words words." and in it some dude is handing her line after line of love and she's all blah blah blah. or, in her language, "words words words." i love that. but the truth is, sometimes words aren't full of crap. like today...
some phrases i heard this afternoon at an annual memorial reading for philip j. traci (former professor and shakespeare scholar at wsu, murdered in an unsolved hate crime in 1984 [sadly, long before my time there]):
"our time has come. we've made that time come. it doesn't come by itself." --minnie bruce pratt, anti-racist human, poet and activist
"what does it mean to connect to each other inside the grinding machine of capitalism? it's affirming to know that ... it's been evolutionarily shown, this good will to help each other out.... what does it really mean to be with each other inside this grinding world of work?" --ibid.
"the only danger is not going far enough." --ibid. (quoting muriel rukeyser)
"i sat there chopping peppers / i was what came before words" --ibid.
and some other beauties that could not escape notice...where's that dictionary? ;j ...
"avian allusion" -- christoper leland, wsu prof and writer, most of fiction
"dithery helplessness" -- ibid.
"fresh as an apple. green as an emberald. sure as a prophet. my harry, my own." --ibid.
some phrases i heard this afternoon at an annual memorial reading for philip j. traci (former professor and shakespeare scholar at wsu, murdered in an unsolved hate crime in 1984 [sadly, long before my time there]):
"our time has come. we've made that time come. it doesn't come by itself." --minnie bruce pratt, anti-racist human, poet and activist
"what does it mean to connect to each other inside the grinding machine of capitalism? it's affirming to know that ... it's been evolutionarily shown, this good will to help each other out.... what does it really mean to be with each other inside this grinding world of work?" --ibid.
"the only danger is not going far enough." --ibid. (quoting muriel rukeyser)
"i sat there chopping peppers / i was what came before words" --ibid.
and some other beauties that could not escape notice...where's that dictionary? ;j ...
"avian allusion" -- christoper leland, wsu prof and writer, most of fiction
"dithery helplessness" -- ibid.
"fresh as an apple. green as an emberald. sure as a prophet. my harry, my own." --ibid.
posted by stacy muszynski at 6:44 PM
4 Comments:
wow! just wow... stacey... i b impressed!
Consider yerself linked without me askin first.. as soon as I get done knoshing on a GREAT solo dinner.. LOL.
I was shocked to find somewhere in 'my computer' settings.. that my HellDell 'dithers' tooo...
and you have great taste in tunes!
i like the way you don't mince words. in my mind, each of your posts come in a package of velvet-wrapped steel. hooah.
"dithery helplessness".........love that, reminds me of Whitman..........."billowy drowse", always a favorite. I might try and put both in the same sentence.
you crazy gals!
edge, you must. i dare say you should forward it to the site too...
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