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A boxer’s nose and a walk made for troubleIn his movies he’d outlast his body doublesAs he did one day with me in the gymDoing squats with no rest, just no catching him You showed me Chavela Vargas and the early Gypsy KingsCarlos Monzon was your man in the Ring.Meanness and strength can surely be […]
An inky, purple night, the depths A mystery, you and me,The things about yourself that you wanted me to see. The sweetness of your voiceThe raven darkness of your hairWhen I knocked so gently on your doorI wanted you to take me there. Open those shutters way, way back Show those vast Park City skiesThe scents of pine […]
One of the most famous poems in American literature is “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe. As you probably know, it depicts a man – the narrator – reading alone in his “chamber.” He is already in a very unhappy state of mind because he has recently lost the love of his life – apparently […]
First and foremost a home made of bricksWith a goddess to run it and a car like John Wick Nine hundred horses and an engine like thunder Streaming the Stones and Little Stevie Wonder Symphony Number Seven by Ludwig Van B How deep is the ocean, how glorious the sea.Fabulous blue days and brisk chilly nightsRead me some Emily […]
Recent Westmont graduate Kimberly Quezada Carrillo, president of the college’s first-generation club, penned a poem to thank her parents, Manuel and Maria. The Light of your Eyes I am The Light of your eyes,To which you let dream of everything that is great.You made me an ambitious person,And you taught me the most valuable thing.Your […]
In a COVID coincidence, the second weekend of the school’s zany take on Greek myth cozies up to a more serious – and perhaps even more ambitious – approach to some of the same material in the Ensemble Theatre Company’s live stream of the one-man show, An Iliad. The work is crafted around the stories […]
Santa Barbara poet Daniel Thomas celebrates the recent publication of his first collection of poems, Deep Pockets, with a second reading of works from the book at 7 pm next Thursday, August 23, at Chaucer’s. The book traverses Thomas’s path from snowy Minnesota to lush Southern California, where he moved in 2015 to work at […]
