I'm going slightly mad.... ([info]themadblonde) wrote,
@ 2009-06-30 16:46:00
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Current mood: touched
Current music:Heaven Can Wait- EJ
Entry tags:beagle, lyrics, ma, poetry

Poetry in Motion...
Wow.

Peter Beagle (yes, that Peter S. Beagle) wrote a poem for my mom. Kind of. I can't post it here, but you can read about the 52/50 project here: http://www.conlanpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=52-50 . This is a little more about how it happened for me & for Ma:

"Two months ago, when Peter set out on this year-long trek, he decided that ten of these weekly pieces would be based on subscriber suggestions. This is the second one. (The first, "The Pirates of the D," was #7 in this series.)
This time the spark came from K. E., who wrote as follows: 'My mother is turning 80 this year and throwing a big party to celebrate her milestone. She asked me to read something at the party, so I went out looking for poems that celebrate getting older, aging, the positives of a long life. And there’s just not much out there. So, not specifically for my mom, but for the aging world at large, maybe a poem or a song about the good things that come with age, please?'

Well! Having just turned 70 himself, Peter did happen to have some specific thoughts on the subject. So for Karen — and everyone else — here they are.


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[info]rougewench
2009-06-30 10:02 pm UTC (link)
That is really, really, really cool.


D.

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It was...
[info]themadblonde
2009-07-01 01:17 pm UTC (link)
really, really cool of him to do it. Wish I'd checked my mail sooner, but it still got posted AFTER the party, so she'll just get it a little late. I should send along a copy of _Last Unicorn_ or something to go with it, so she knows just how cool it is.

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[info]entropy_house
2009-06-30 10:39 pm UTC (link)
Very neat. It's a pity I can't read it without subscribing. :^P

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Believe me...
[info]themadblonde
2009-07-01 01:14 pm UTC (link)
I'd LOVE to share it, but I gotta be fair to the guy- he's doing this to try to raise $ that he needs. Personally, I'm deathly sick of really fine artists having to struggle ALL THEIR LIVES, even after they've achieved some recognition & shouldn't HAVE to stuggle, to pay the rent & cover the medical bills. I'm SO GLAD I was able to afford to subscribe to this (it's remarkably reasonable) & I hope he really does make some $ off it. Perhaps he'll make it into a book eventually, & then I CAN show it to everybody. Meanwhile, I've printed one copy for my Mom, (& I'll let my husband read it) & that's it.

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[info]entropy_house
2009-07-01 02:05 pm UTC (link)
Oh, I quite agree with you. I was rather hoping that later on the poems would be made public. I've seen a couple of subscription sites that worked that way- the people who paid got the installments all year long, and then later the site was made public.

Anyway, how did you like the poem? That you can tell me. ;^)

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It's very sweet.
[info]themadblonde
2009-07-01 02:48 pm UTC (link)
He writes poetry like I do- mostly modified song lyrics, all rhyming & metered & verses. I like the most recent poem even better. Apparently it's a tie in from one of his books, "The Song of Sirit *somebody" It's lovely.

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[info]entropy_house
2009-07-01 03:19 pm UTC (link)
That does sound very nice, I'm sure your mother will love it. :^)

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[info]mnfiddledragon
2009-07-01 02:11 am UTC (link)
oh wow! That's really neat!

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I think so...
[info]themadblonde
2009-07-01 01:15 pm UTC (link)
It's certainly very sweet, & very kind of him to go w/ my request. & Ma's gonna love it.

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