Music and poetry and funny stuff

But first: what a race!

🔥🔥🔥 Gold for 🇨🇦 in the 4x100 at the Worlds!!

Big tip of the cap to our dudes @KingsleySC and @De6rasse big backstretch from Jerome Blake, shoutout Brendon Rodney!! 🇨🇦🔥🇨🇦
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— Tim Micallef (@tim_micallef) July 24, 2022

Now, some great dances:

Fred Astaire said this Nicholas Brothers number was "the greatest dancing he had ever seen on film."

 

This is the number where Rogers said the beaded sleeve of her dress smacked Astaire in the face in their first twirl but they just kept on dancing. 

 

I always thought the Shoe Shine song from The Bandwagon was one of the greatest dances Astaire ever did. The shoe shine man in the number is Leroy Daniels, who actually did shine shoes for a living.

 

On to the poetry -  

The problem with Twitter is that everything gets jumbled up and I am not on it often enough to follow every account that I want to, so I am constantly missing great posts. 

So now I have set up several lists, and particularly one I just call "A Poetry List" so I can gather and keep track of what is new. Like these:

in another realm, the good guys win. the clouds are the color of a song. the air smells like laughter. there is always enough to eat. enough stories, enough soup, enough. the trees grow rings that no children will count, because no adult cuts them down. they count stars instead.

— tiny fairy tales✨ (@tinyfairytales) June 30, 2022

in a cottage in the forest there is a witch who can take you back to your lost childhood places. all the tea parties and spell-castings, the blanket fortresses of your crayon-colored heart— all those forgotten kingdoms you built with just your imagination and a few acorns.

— tiny fairy tales✨ (@tinyfairytales) July 19, 2022

"11", a poem by Lao-tzu, translated from the Chinese by Red Pine | https://t.co/0WaiJUM74V via @Poetry_Daily and @CopperCanyonPrs pic.twitter.com/hkPLq56fG5

— WinningWriters.com (@winningwriters) July 7, 2022

Retweeted by Poetry Daily, because its just a beautiful statement:

Always always always read the letters pic.twitter.com/NHAIMpzHFw

— Gordon Russell (@GordonRussell1) July 5, 2022

Weekend: Music, and Animal Crackers

 

Hey, Gangnam Style was 10 years old as of Friday! 

And Psy is still going stong - he has now released 9 albums and is on tour again this summer.

Eine kleine Banjo musik

A little summer banjo. Here’s a little ditty written by Alison Brown and me. Foggy Morning Breaking. pic.twitter.com/HpLeY5hrJI

— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) July 15, 2022

The BC Agriculture Minister Lana Popham heard the Langley Ukulele Ensemble playing outside the BC legislature and she invited them in to play Somewhere Over The Rainbow on her office balcony and Halleluja inside the dome. Beautiful stuff:

3/3 After that…with happy tears in my eyes, I said how about playing inside the legislature!!!! They said yes! And it was the most beautiful thing I have ever heard in that building. ♥️♥️♥️♥️#bcpoli #Hallelujah #yyj #langleyukuleleensemble #langley pic.twitter.com/fpmuTIlZtq

— Lana Popham (@lanapopham) July 17, 2022

If I saved an elephant’s life by giving it elephant sized CPR you couldn’t tell me a thing for the rest of my life. I would answer to nobody. https://t.co/lCI0V34qpP

— kang (@jaycaspiankang) July 16, 2022

Dan Piraro, https://t.co/go6xvp2tHl pic.twitter.com/puBwuqgpbT

— Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) July 18, 2022

Send this guy to the attic to talk to the raccoon about how he wants to be elected Prime Minister of Canada. That should scare the shit out of this Canadian raccoon and he will run like hell. Small cleanup necessary afterward. pic.twitter.com/iAaWW0r1eD

— Denis Viens du Lac 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 (@nelsonstreetlad) July 17, 2022