Beautiful, Larry! Made my day, as you often do. Roland

Thanks again, Larry. It's definitely one of the greats.
Roland

I suspected just the opposite, really. Many, many songs that say "Hello". And that includes at least one song that actually does say "Hello". I mean...if the song says "hello", then what follows is...

Yes, it's me and I'm here again. Sorry for the long hiatus. There's no use telling long sad stories, involving dark wee hours of the morning, illness and medicine, being lost in the darkness, being...

That's right...the very late Lord Buckley was born in Northern California April 5, 1906, just before the Fire and Earthquake, to a British father and a Californian mother. As a young man, he worked...

...and, what's more, all the musical family members aren't even included in this cast of characters. For instance, on February 2, 2011, Lorca Cohen, Leonard Cohen's daughter, had a girl child,...

No one wants to go into two hours of unfamiliar Christmas music unprepared. So...here comes the preparation. I predict that, at the end of the show, you'll look sullenly at your friends and...

When I worked for the Ski Hut in Berkeley in the mid-sixties, my boss, Alfred Smith, came to work one morning and told me that a new coffee shop had just opened over on northside and let's go have a...

My father's family lived in San Francisco when the earthquake struck; my grandfather ran a bar on Union and Laguna Streets in Cow Hollow. Not long after the quake, while the fire was gathering...

Thanks, Mark (and Larry). I think I'm ready.
rj

One of my all-time favorites. Thanks again, Larry.
Roland

Thank you, Larry, for your year-long gift of poetry, and for your presence in our lives.
Roland

Strong stuff! And never so important as right this moment!

And thanks to Larry, too, of course!

This could have been written yesterday. Thanks, Barry.

One of my all-time favorites - thanks, Larry!
Roland

Great poem!

A great poem. I was introduced to it by Leonard Cohen on his fantastic CD Dear Heather.

Just a thought. I'm sure it has to do with my having just got over an attack of pancreatitis, plus a terrible fall last Sunday, but I've got this in my mind and it just won't leave. I've been puzzled...

Hooray for Robert Bly!

I think I remember (that's the way the elderly talk) that Lew Welch told people that, when he died, he'd be buried in a place on Mt. Tamalpais that no one would ever be able to find. He left a...

Did former mayor Sawyer, whilst sitting on the council, say why he thought it would be premature for Santa Rosa to become a sanctuary city? I certainly don't think so.

Roland Jacopetti

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2016-11-13_18-07-11.pngHi, everyone. I read through the various replies to this idea, and didn't notice any mention of Ecotopia. Did I overlook it?...

Wonderful, Larry! The perfect poem for today!

I didn't know the Trumpster was THAT old!

Just doesn't get better than that.

God, what a wonder of a poem!

Dump Him!

Well, if you had your choice between this great Paul Simon song, and an English drinking song that's really hard for most people to sing that's all about the War of 1812, which would you choose for a...

Ah, Catholicism!

One of my favorite poems by one of the great poets of the age. Thanks, Larry.
Roland

Thank you for letting we WaccoBB people share your love for him.

I hope the CVS people realize how easy it is for all the inhabitants of Sebastopol and its surroundings who feel as so many do will establish an automatic boycott, not only for this eyesore of a...

Don't forget Bernie's Bird!

If you have a choice between colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy, take the former, by all means. Sigmoidoscopy is one of the more uncomfortable ways medical science has devised to spend a few hours on a...

Sherman Alexie for Poet Laureate of America!

Fantastic, Larry! I want a god I can thank for creating you to show us this poem. You and Francisco X. Alarcon!

Roland

Thank you, Mary, for breaking it yet again.

Leonard Cohen does a beautiful sung version of this poem.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x33Wip2iytE

Hi, Barry. For the last three or four times I've posted my promo about the upcoming Something Completely Different show on KRCB, I've been told something to the effect that the piece would be vetted...

Actually, holding still a while is more likely to help you cure yourself.

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White is the sum of all colors.

Billy is definitely one of the best poets laureate we've ever had.

[More about Billy Collins here - Barry]

What a perfect Mother's Day poem! Can't we ask Wendell Berry to help save the heart of the world?

By the way, Miller Williams was the singer Lucinda Williams/s father.

I've expressed my opinion in the library situation before here, and I think it's time to be clearer. I am a constant user of the Sonoma County Public Library, mostly the Northwest Branch, sometimes...

Having consulted my Shorter Oxford English dictionary about the word "ignorant" (two huge volumes - a genuine paper book!), I find that the definitions have to do with lack of knowledge. However, I...

Thanks for posting this, Edward. What an incredible list! Where does Adams find time to look up other conspiracy theories he hasn't discovered yet? Wouldn't you think there'd be right-wing groups...

Yeah, but I still liked the video, particularly the horse watching zebra-porn and his owner's look of shock. Great moment!
Roland

Get a job, Beetnik!