Basketball and Poetry

By , March 18, 2004

Don’t ask me how, but I correctly identified the winners of the first 14 games in the big basketball tournament. Naturally, Arizona and Dayton had to go and blow my perfect streak, but I’ll take 14 out of 16 anytime, especially when you consider how I chose my winners. Such a streak can’t last, and tomorrow I most certainly will be bludgeoned.

In news diametrically opposite basketball matches, I have been asked to give a lecture concerning rap music and its relationship with poetry at an upcoming poetry conference in Sonoma County. I’m the clear black sheep of the panel, which includes the likes of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carolyn Kizer, but I’ll give it the old college try. At the very least, I’ll be the only one comparing and contrasting the rhymes of Percy Bysshe Shelley with those from Doug E. Fresh and his Get Fresh Crew. Word.

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9 Responses to “Basketball and Poetry”

  1. Just a Bum says:

    I just read your post about the Enchirito. While I don’t particularly like that menu choice, I do miss the Churro a lot. The last time I had a Churro at Taco Bell was in California back in 97. They should bring that back.

    And the other thing I miss…………Chili Cheese Curly Fries at Jack in the Box. I can’t believe they got rid of those!!

  2. Just a Bum says:

    I’m writing about an interview I conducted with a homosexual male. I have to do a cultural assessment of the subject and self critique of my interviewing skills for my class: Psycho-social concepts of Nursing. Blech. It’s after 1am and I just started the first line of page 4. Blech.

  3. CHiTaLiaNO says:

    Lucky bum…i think i have frostbite…haha, hopefully not.

  4. Defining poetry is like defining any artform–not for the faint of heart, don’t you think?

    I wish I had time to read the article right now. Rap fascinates me, because I tend to either love it or hate it.

  5. CHiTaLiaNO says:

    Errrr…umm could it possibly…Peasprout…hahah…

  6. CHiTaLiaNO says:

    I’m so bored….im sitting in class and typing this…sigh..i blame the snow

  7. Interesting! You should write on your blog about rap music’s relationship to poetry. I’d be interested to read it. :)

  8. Fizzy Pop says:

    i hope you win the loot.

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