Tag: poetry
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Writing Your Way Out of a Paper Bag
As I wandered, weak and weary, through the better-trodden paths of social media (not real social media like eX-twitter, Boom-tok, Blooskie, and Farcebook, but more restrained social media like LinkedIn and Substack), the algorithms pointed me to a Substack essay by Bethany Alcott, apparently an author, but not one I’ve heard of. She stated that…
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Homer’s Hotel?
I’m sure Hotel California‘s meaning has been dissected many times by many people. The song is so obviously rich with metaphor and other poetics that analyzing it is hard to resist. My previous efforts at enhancing the meanings of songs have focused on songs that are less well known. Nevertheless, there are some aspects of…
