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May 23, 2018

Take a bow on your birthday, Artie Shaw [by David Lehman]

Happy birthday, Artie Shaw, and let us not forget
when GIs learned street French, they pronounced
the French word for artichoke "Artie Shaw."
Married to beautiful women, an ornery cuss,
excellent marksman, innovative bandleader
Artie was a major Gemini. like Marilyn Monroe,
John F. Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Dean Martin,
and Judy Garland. In Tarot Artie is represented
by the king of hearts. The two and three of hearts.
appear in his chart. He lived a long time.
His clarinet will live for all time.-- DL. 

 

Posted by on May 23, 2018 at 12:00 AM in Adventures of Lehman, Astrological Profiles, Feature, Music |

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Lehman is our cultural curator.Thank you.

Posted by: Grace Cavalieri | May 26, 2018 at 10:50 AM

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from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman

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