Re: PPB: Velvet Shoes / Elinor Wylie

General-Zod wrote:

George J. Dance wrote

General-Zod wrote:

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On Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 3:20:12 PM UTC-5, George J. wrote:

Faraway Star wrote:

On Friday, January 5, 2024 at 12:00:15 PM UTC-5, George J. wrote:

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Penny's Poetry Blog's featured poem for January:
Velvet Shoes, by Elinor Wylie
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Let us walk in the white snow
In a soundless space;
With footsteps quiet and slow,
At a tranquil pace,
Under veils of white lace.
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https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/01/velvet-shoes-elinor-wylie_19.html

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#pennyspoems

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Excellent find excellent read GD...

Thank you for commenting and giving more people a chance to read it,
Zod. It is indeed an excellent poem, and Wylie is a major talent who's
sadly been mainly forgotten.
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She published 3 collections of poetry and 4 novels in the 1920s, but
died in 1928 aged just 43. At the time of her death she was married to
her third husband, poet William Rose Benet; his poem "Sagacity" is about
her.
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2010/09/sagacity-william-rose-benet.html

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Hi there G.D....

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Can ye see this here post today...?

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Yes; I'm not having a problem reading your posts. I saw your Danchall
topic on RAP, too. So, to bring this thread back on topic; did you watch
the video of this poem on PPB? It's something I've added to my list for
the "fusion" Dancehall. (Unfortunately, I don't know who's singing.)

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Elinor Wylie - Velvet Shoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0k-4dRP-kQ

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Going for a look-see now... and hope that "FUSION" is not too much of a
nebulous topic..!

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It is vague. I think that won't matter for posting, since I expect only
the four of us, and we all understand it by now. But I am worried about
viewers finding it on YT or wherever and having no idea what it is. I
don't have a better one, though. I'm thinking of adding "(of poetry and
music)" onto the title; how does that work for you?