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Humanities
Fine Arts - Film
Started reading "A short history of Film"

Literature - Poetry
Looked up some recommended poets by hubby.

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
who coined

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--
It gives a lovely light!

First woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for poetry


And THE CONGO by Vachel Lindsay ( 1879 - 1931) a poem that uses a lot of onomatopoeia. Lindsay is criticized for stereotyping. He considered himself the discoverer of Langston Hughes. THE CONGO goes on and on and on with its BOOMLAY BOOMLAY BOOMLAY BOOM.

Which reminds me of a joke:
A missionary is out in the jungle and meets the head witchdoctor. The drums are booming away. All day, all night, the drums are booming.
After a day of this, the missionary asked the witchdoctor "What's with the drums?"
Witchdoctor says "DRUMS GOOD, NO DRUMS BAD"

After three days of this, the missionary asked the witchdoctor "Don't these drums every stop?" Witchdoctor says "DRUMS GOOD, NO DRUMS BAD"

By the fifth day, the missionary tells the witchdoctor "Please make these drums stop!" Witchdoctor says "DRUMS GOOD, NO DRUMS BAD"

THEN all of a sudden the drums stop. The witchdoctors eyes grow very BIG and the missionary asks concerned "What now???"
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The witchdoctor whispers "Piccolo solo"