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Loose Leaf Notes » Blog Archive » The Sun Goes Down on Café del Sol — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:41:04 +0000

[...] new local literary publication. How about the night all the poets got free T-shirts, the time we wore green and spoke in Irish accents, stood on chairs, did it in ruby red [...]

By: Pearl

Pearl — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:37:56 +0000

It’s so heartening to read something positive about the Irish. Thanks for that.

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:30:08 +0000

Hey Colleen!
Great poem, and it was tremendous watching and listening to you read it. Your Boston and Irish brogues. It was intersting to read about the Irish here too. I have yet to read that book.
Happy belated St. Pats. I missed it this year as me Mum was in hosptial. She is out now.
RM

By: patry

patry — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:05:53 +0000

Wish I could have been there! I read in Chicago on St. Pat’s day, and saw them dye the river green for the first time.

By: sage

sage — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:22:23 +0000

What a treat listening to you read the poem and talk about your Irish roots–thanks for sharing.

By: bluemountainmama

bluemountainmama — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:47:54 +0000

cool….now i have lots of fodder for a rebuttal to my husband’s view of my irish heritage- nothing but stubborn drunkards. (he’s italian….so i always have to hear about the accomplishments of the romans!)
what a fun night….and a great way to celebrate st. patti’s day. they do pub crawls and hoolies in cumberland, md- where i used to live.

By: Leigh in Atlanta

Leigh in Atlanta — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:30:34 +0000

I will most definately make my mark on the chair the next time I sing or read there. I promise.

By: Carmi

Carmi — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:33:52 +0000

You’ve reminded me why I so need to spend time in your magical corner of the world.

By: colleen

colleen — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:17:55 +0000

Ruth, They clog and flatfoot here. Both are derived from the Scotts/Irish who settled here, so probably step dancing. Glad you’re back!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:35:48 +0000

Hey, Colleen, I finally got on your blogand the usual link works!
I’d love to hear you read in a brogue..it’s such a neat accent. My grandpa was Irish, a McDaniel, and he used to step dance and play the spoons! I so wish I could have learned to step dance! I love it! Saw Riverdance twice!

By: kenju

kenju — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:44:47 +0000

That group looks like it would be such fun!

By: Shephard

Shephard — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:36:31 +0000

Oh, I didn’t even think of the potato/Irish connection! lol Funny.
Tho I’m Irish… never really celebrated, because I was never in a city that seemed to care. That’s different now.
Enjoyed the read.
~S

By: Mr. Althouse

Mr. Althouse — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:20:40 +0000

Sounds like a wonderful time was had by all. Being only a small fraction of Irish heritage, I was not among the saint Patty’s Day revelers this year. True, that never stopped me in the past, it’s just a convenient excuse for not making any special plans to mark the occasion. There’s always next year…
Michele sent me,
Mike

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:57:54 +0000

Michele sent me, and I enjoyed catching up with your blog. The Cafe del Sol sounds wonderful – a bit far for me to attend, though

By: OldOldLady Of The Hills

OldOldLady Of The Hills — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:00:15 +0000

What a delight to hear you read your Poem for St. Patrick’s Day….And see you, too! The magic of the Internet! WONDERFUL, my dear!

By: colleen

colleen — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:29:18 +0000

Leigh, Yes, it was Bekah who started it! You’re right about the spelling. Pontoon is more of a boat form than a poetry one! I got it corrected before Mara saw it, but it went in the Floyd Press with the wrong spelling. I didn’t know how to spell it, so I googled it phonetically with haiku and there were quite a few pages with it being used that way as a reference to poetry…. so I ASS-umed. This was a great night, but the one you could feel most badly about missing is April’s when Mrs. Pickle was there!! Hope to see you back in the Cafe again….on a chair?

By: Leigh in Atlanta

Leigh in Atlanta — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:13:57 +0000

by the by…..who started this standing on chairs trend was it all Bekah?

By: Leigh in Atlanta

Leigh in Atlanta — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:12:55 +0000

Wow, that was one that i definately should have been there for. I just learned to play a whole slew of traditional Irish folk songs.
In one of the bits of the article you used the word “pontoons” I may be wrong an it may be that there is an alternate spelling but my poetry book says it’s pantoum. just saying.
I’m looking forward to coming back…I think I’ll be able to make it up for floyd fest again this year.

By: Becky68

Becky68 — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:03:52 +0000

Hi Colleen,
I watched the video last night from your 13 thursday post, it was really great! Reading the detailed description it sounds like a good time was had by all.
Thanks for stopping by my blog last night, by my counter you were the 1000, visitor!
Congratulations, though I don’t have anything to give you it was nice to see it was you ;^)

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:52:48 +0000

Oh Colleen, you are killing me with all the Irish lore. I may have to order Cahill’s book at amazon, rather than wait for the library trip. It seems like a book I’ll refer back to, time and again.
Your Writer’s Group sounds like a unique, fun bunch of folks. I have always been intimidated by traditional poetry but I love haikus and cinquains. It’s the only “poetry” I’m comfortable writing.
Susan