I would certainly, and gladly, second that!
Incredible!
-Peter Ciccariello
On 11/25/06, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> A little late here, but this deserves at least one big round of
> applause: Whew!
>
> Doug
> On 22-Nov-06, at 10:53 PM, Geoffrey Gatza wrote:
>
> > It's Thanksgiving and that means we have another menu poem for you to
> > enjoy!
> > This year our guest of honor is John Ashbery. This is a series of poems
> > based loosely around a menu of the meal I would cook for you should
> > you come
> > to my home for Thanksgiving. Since it's impossible for you to come, I
> > offer
> > these simple poems for warmth. This is free and in Adobe Acrobat PDF
> > format.
> > This was written during a power outage so the main course is a longish
> > hand
> > written piece. Also included are 3 of my most requested recipes.
> > Enjoy, Geoffrey
> >
> >
> > Thanksgiving 2006: a feast to honor John Ashbery, by Geoffrey Gatza is
> > part
> > of an annual thanksgiving poem series. This is the fifth installment
> > in that
> > series which include menu poems for:
> >
> > Thanksgiving 2006 Menu Poem : Guest of Honor John Ashbery
> >
> > direct poem link
> > http://www.geoffreygatza.com/thanksgiving/
> > Thanksgiving%20Dinner%202006%20pri
> > nt.pdf
> > http://www.geoffreygatza.com/thanksgiving/
> > Thanksgiving%20Dinner%202006%20pri
> > nt.pdf
> >
> > webpage
> > http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
> > http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
> > http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------- A L S O
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Thanksgiving Poems : Five years of feasts! Honoring Charles Bernstein,
> > Forrest Gander, Kent Johnson, Robert Creeley & John Ashbery
> >
> > Thanksgiving is not at all like Saturnalia. In America, the third
> > Thursday
> > is reserved to celebrate the giving of thanks. The thanks for all that
> > we
> > are, what we have, those who have graced our lives, and so on. This is
> > also
> > a bloody marking of the genocide performed to gain this land. One must
> > never
> > forget what died to feed.
> >
> > Innocuous enough, Thanksgiving is the most appropriate means to hold
> > this
> > kind of thing. That thing is an odd blending of cooking and poetry. I
> > am a
> > chef in my day job and how I come to understand art is through this
> > first
> > love. Cuisine has a natural ease to bring out many complex ideas, as
> > cooking
> > brings out complexities from seemingly simple foods. And a dinner
> > party,
> > virtual or not, [ read more ]
> >
> > Thanksgiving Menu Poems Past : webpage
> > http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
> >
> > Thanksgiving 2002 Charles Bernstein
> > Thanksgiving 2003 Forrest Gander
> > Thanksgiving 2004 Kent Johnson
> > Thanksgiving 2005 Robert Creeley
> >
> >
> > All five years in one FREE PDF
> > Get it now in one file !
> >
> >
> Douglas Barbour
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>
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>
> You may allow me moments
> not monuments, I being
> content. It is little,
> but it is little enough.
>
> John Newlove
>
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