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rattlingbooks commented on the word merrybegot
Merrybegot
by Mary Dalton
When the moon was newing and the night burnt black,
Some rapscallion, some young pelt, some nuzzle-tripe
Set off down the path with the go of a born-again preacher,
Crept in under our apple tree, shinnied on up,
Swift and hungry as a starved mosquito, stripped
It bare.
And himself playing Don Juan in the kitchen -
Not a sound did he hear -
No apples for winter
And from the look of her belly
A good chance of a merrybegot.
Originally published in 2004 by Signal Editions, Véhicule Press
Unabridged audio edition published in 2005 by Rattling Books
Performed by Anita Best with Patrick Boyle on trumpet and flugelhorn.
http://www.rattlingbooks.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=8
February 5, 2008
rattlingbooks commented on the word bawn
There is a section of the poem Making the Fish by Michael Crummey entitled The Bawn.
Hard Light: 32 Little Stories
a selection of poems
by Michael Crummey
audio from rattlingbooks.com
Hard Light: 32 Little Stories is a retelling and reinvention of tales told to Michael Crummey by his father and other family members about outport Newfoundland and the Labrador fishery of a half-century ago. It’s a love-letter to a world and a way of life that has vanished completely in the last fifty years. All of it is true. Even the lies.
February 5, 2008
rattlingbooks commented on the word blue drop
The phrase the blue drop appears in The Big Why, a novel by Michael Winter.
Here is a passage from The Big Why by Michael Winter in which the term "blue drop" appears.
"The Southern Cross loaded up and hoisted mainsail but couldnt budge. She sat out there for the night, waiting for a swell to break the bay ice. That night we saw her forecastle lanterns, and by noon the next day she had tossed a kedge anchor to a passing ice pan. You could hear the men singing as they pulled in their mooring lines and slipped out for the icefields to the northwest and into the blue drop."
The unabridged audio edition of The Big Why is available from rattlingbooks.com:
http://www.rattlingbooks.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=57
February 5, 2008