The Sage
Art by Andy Westhoff
Poem by the Poetry Store Poet, Silvi Alcivar

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Carol is hosting the Poetry Friday round-up today.
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference." ~ Elie Wiesel
YoungArts WeekThe artists are 17-18 years old. There's a voice performance, writers' readings, theater performance, visual arts and photography exhibition, dance and cinematic arts performance and screenings, chamber music concert, and a jazz performance.
January 10-15, 2011
There’s a great Roz Chast cartoon from The New Yorker called “Where Their Paths Crossed,” graphing the lives of Davy Crockett and Franz Kafka. The Kafka line has points along it labeled “Depressed kind of guy,” “Lived in Europe,” “Modern writer,” and “Thought the world had a lot of problems.” The Crockett line is made up of points like “Folk hero,” “Frontiersman,” “‘The Coonskin Congressman,’” and “Could whip his weight in wildcats.” And there’s one point where the lines cross, marked: “Liked to eat raw dough.”Dorothy Parker and Charles Dickens may be unexpected pairing, but they're kind of like chocolate chips and cookie dough. They're fun together. My poetry for today is what Parker had to say about Dickens:
Charles Dickens~~~~~~~~~
By Dorothy Parker
Who call him spurious and shoddy
Shall do it o'er my lifeless body.
I heartily invite such birds
To come outside and say those words!