Whispering shallows
entice me to shed my clothes
searing summer heat
slipping into cool waters
brush of your hand on my skin
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Tanka Splendor Summer Heat
#Tanka: Searing Summer
Day: July 18, 2019
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HAIKU: BREAKING RULES
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
By Charles Robert Lindholm
there’s something about you
that even a blind man can see
there’s a joy in your soul
that even the deaf can hear
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“Can you think of any laws that give the government power to make decisions about the male body?”
Senator Kamala D. Harris:
“Can you think of any laws that give the government power to make decisions about the male body?”
Judge Brett Kavanaugh:
“I’m not aware — I’m not — thinking of any right now, senator”
Kamala D. Harris, United States Senator, questioning Judge Brett Kavanaugh during the Supreme Court Justice confirmation hearings
In Memory: “we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this… presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law.”
“One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year’s presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law.”
davidbrucehaiku: when humans die off
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WHEN HUMANS DIE OFF
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When humans die off
Earth will be just fine
Maybe better than ever
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davidbrucehaiku: teach children early
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TEACH CHILDREN EARLY
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Teach children early
To appreciate nature
And to make good art
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David Bruce: Opera Anecdotes — Embarrassment and Lack of Etiquette
Embarrassment
• Kirsten Flagstad once recorded a number of arias in three hours of hard work, then she and Charles O’Connell, the man in charge of the recording, went to lunch. He asked if she were tired, and she explained that she was not tired vocally, but that a certain muscle ached from standing. She then took his hand, put it on her inner thigh, and said, “The muscle is all stiffened up. Can’t you feel that muscle?” Mr. O’Connell could feel the muscle, and he almost died of embarrassment as all the people in the Waldorf dining room stared at them.
• Tenor Franco Corelli could be brutally honest as a voice teacher. During a class, a young woman sang for him for the first time. Unfortunately, she was not good. Mr. Corelli asked her, “You have a singing teacher?” The woman nodded that yes, she did. Mr. Corelli then asked, “And you pay such a teacher?” Embarrassed — as was Mr. Corelli — she started crying and ran back to her seat.
Etiquette, Lack of
• Opera/lieder singer Kathleen Ferrier had an interesting way of handling rude people. Following one of her concerts, a man in the audience met her in the artists’ room and told her, “Miss Ferrier, I wanted to come round to tell you that it is a pity you included Schubert’s ‘Erlkönig’ in your program this evening; it is a hateful song and I detest it.” Ms. Ferrier simply looked at him and asked, “And?” Of course, the man had nothing to reply to this mild, but effective, rebuff.
• Arturo Toscanini had a policy of allowing no encores, as he felt they interfered with the flow of the operas he conducted. Unfortunately, on the very last night of the 1902-1903 season, the La Scala audience insisted on the encore of a favorite aria from A Masked Ball. Toscanini tried several times to continue, but he was unable. Finally, he ran from the podium in disgust and an assistant conductor finished the opera.
• Even as a young girl, opera singer Maria Callas was assertive. A friend of the family used to come to her home and put his feet up on a table pedestal — something no one else was allowed to do. Young Maria was angered by this and told him, “Please don’t put your feet on our nice furniture.” When her mother told her to be nice, young Maria replied, “If you won’t talk to him, Mother, I will.”
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