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Kerouac's comment on this too-big world
Started by ROBERT BERKELEY in Literature Talk 11 hours ago. 0 Replies 2 Loves
Kerouac's: sweetly, bitterly, poignantly true..ships in the night passing ..a rainy day in Copenhagen, a train pulls in and a princess within looks out..our eyes meet, once..twice...the train departs ,she nods. I place my hand on my heart and am rewarded with an eternal smileContinue
The French Resistance has sent you a message: "Did yourMP3s arrive safely ?"
Started by Roman Payne in Music on Tuesday. 0 Replies 1 Love
The French Resistance has sent you a message...: "Did yourMP3s arrive safely ?"I wrote earlier to say that: “I buried the corpse of my poor dead laptop, as well as the German keyboard who killed it. And I bought a beautiful new French Resistance laptop with a French keyboard!! :-) " ... the only problem is the French keyboard is “laid-out” as oddly as the French people are “laid-back”... so I kept hitting “Send” (“Envoyez”) by accident. Excusez-Moi !!a) I need to wait for Lee Crase to…Continue
DISCUSSION: The Furious Poet and A Damned German Keyboard...
Started by Roman Payne in Music. Last reply by Glenda Stryker on Tuesday. 7 Replies 4 Loves
Scheiße !! It's the novelist's nightmare: the keyboard on my laptop broke almost 24 hours ago... it is a keyboard in English, as the novel I am writing is in English... And since I live in Paris, I cannot find a keyboard English very easily. So, in despair, I first bought an external keyboard French (a language I know fluently); but since French keyboards have the letters all in the wrong order. But this proved clumsy to write on, so I then bought a keyboard in German (a language I do not…Continue
Today's Quote
Started by Shaye in Reflections on Life May 16. 0 Replies 0 Loves
Aloha Roman, I was prepared to dislike today's quote (some feminist knee jerk I guess) but instead I loved it and just forwarded it to two other people, one man and one woman, it's an equal opportunity quote. Mahalo!Continue
Just Say No!
Started by Gatzby in CulturalBook the Website. Last reply by Debra S. Edgington May 16. 7 Replies 2 Loves
In my inbox (my reply follows)-Hello, CulturalBook members. In the past week we've acquired about a dozen new members whose profiles promote some kind of wellness product: colon cleanse, weight loss, wrinkle cream, and other similar products that have nothing to do with the theme of CulturalBook. Also, most of their profile photos vs. profile descriptions clearly show that somehow they have done an excellent job of changing genders.Should these "members" be deleted? Please let me know your…Continue
Lice, Rice, Fleas & Cold Eggs. Police Powers & Staff Email Addresses. All this can be yours today!
Started by Roman Payne in Small Talk May 16. 0 Replies 3 Loves
Members have asked: "Why are emails to staff@culturalbook.com being returned unsent?"Answer: This email address was receiving too much spam... so we shut it down. Helpful CB Staff Email Addresses:GABRIEL KIRKLAND - gabriel@culturalbook.com - Gabriel is the one to contact for all things "marketing" ...if you have free paperback books, ebooks, or audio books to offer to members, contact him. If…Continue
Discussion: Calling All Members Who Want to Hear and/or Post Original CB Members' Songs
Started by Roman Payne in Music May 16. 0 Replies 1 Love
Would you like to hear CB Members' songs? Do you have original songs/recordings to contribute? Let me explain:First, here is a song that I wrote for the guitar, ("The Song of the Revolution"), which I sing on this free MP3 recording you can download here: http://www.romanpayne.com/audio/MP3Z_songs-of-roman-payne/song-of-the-revolution.mp3(NOTE: For those of you who know the great poet of…Continue
Dear Entrepreneurs and/or Authors: I am seeking fun promotional products or giveaway copies...
Started by Roman Payne in CulturalBook the Website. Last reply by Lee Crase May 13. 4 Replies 6 Loves
Dear Entrepreneurs and/or Authors,I would like to reward CulturalBook members for posting interesting blog posts, prose, poetry, photos, as well as for taking part in contests, etc...So I am looking to purchase fun promotional products related to culture, literature, gourmet, and such...I am also hoping to get some giveaway copies from published authors...If you want to promote your work, your art, your company; or if you wish to earn a little cash, please write to me at …Continue
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Prose/Poetry Blog Posts
Don't miss it! Giveaway for The Secret Rescue ends TOMORROW
Posted by Michelle Lancaster on May 24, 2013 at 10:05pm 0 Comments 1 Love
The book giveaway for The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines by Cate Lineberry ends TOMORROW, Saturday, May 25. This is a new release, a hardback first edition courtesy of the generous folks over at Little, Brown. Don't miss it!…
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quickening
Posted by Jack Spratt on May 24, 2013 at 12:26am 0 Comments 1 Love
An observation about solitude and creative/artistic endeavors. I have no literary friends with whom to query the good or ill of what/how/why…
Continue ain't no
Posted by Jack Spratt on May 23, 2013 at 6:24pm 0 Comments 0 Loves
ain't no jack-in-the-pulpit, pussy-toes, posey, poesy, poet (ry) writer but red poinsettia knocked silly by it: knotweed! Clubbed senseless where I growed!
Poetry that is.
“Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the…
Continue latter future
Posted by Jack Spratt on May 23, 2013 at 3:38pm 0 Comments 0 Loves
Beyond the Beyond, sometime in the latter future, maybe billions of trillions of years, but who’s counting, by what measure, from now: the language and those who speak/hear it may be gone but the experience of joining Creation will remain. Or mainly what tomorrow will be, of equal measure for me—the many years implied—I’ll be for another what I imply Heaven; that is. Or Whatever will be—will be—of us: two people becoming one and then and then and…
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THE RAVEN. EDGAR ALLAN POE. READING BY VINCENT PRICE
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Comment by Scott Harding on May 6, 2012 at 12:21pm -
Thanks Johanna,
I melt when I listen to voices such as Vincent Price, James Earl Jones, David Attenborough, Morgan Freeman etc they are so engaging and velvet voiced. Enigmatic speakers always seem to do well, its a gift that captures people. I hold classes in part of my job teaching adults key skills in communication, basic English and basic maths as part of their criteria to be met in health and social care qualifications that I assess. Being up at the front of a class, keeping all interested in my waffle is a skill in itself. I do OK as I am an empathic person and genuinely like to help people but I am a world apart from the people mentioned above. To memorize something like Poe's Raven would be amazing, alas my grey matter does allow me this room to store such information, like trying to keep water in a sieve!
Hope this finds you well Johanna,
Take care,
Scott
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Comment by Johanna Mackey on May 5, 2012 at 7:03pm
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Now that's TRUE POETIC VOICE behind the words! (I wish I could read a poem like THAT!)
In my poetry class, I dared venture to read out loud once, a poem I wrote, and I practiced, surely, but when my time came, I read it robotic, monotone, never once looking up -- ruining my own work. It was sad. (of course, I am no public speaker). But I did try. :)
It's good for the brain to memorize such work as Vincent Price has done in the video clip. That was truly awesome! Thanks for posting it!
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