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Stackolee and the Devil

TheOldMole Oct 02 2005 10:08 PM

[url=http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome]Poets Corner[/url], an Italian Web site devoted to American and English-Language poets, has a section on me, and there are two new poems up on it -- "Stackolee and the Devil" (sorta mainstream) and "The Logic of Imaginary Positions" (sorta experimental).

Rockin' Doc Oct 03 2005 07:01 AM

Having your works published in multiple languages around the globe is great. Congratulations!

ScarletKnight41 Oct 03 2005 07:09 AM

Congrats :)

MFS62 Oct 05 2005 12:54 PM

Way to go, Mole. Is it correct to say "Molta bene"? (meaning very good) Later

TheOldMole Oct 05 2005 03:03 PM

I think "molto" on account of me being a guy, and all. Thanx.

MFS62 Oct 05 2005 03:57 PM

Interesting. I actually meant it with regard to the inclusion of your stuff. I wonder if a verb is male or female in Italian? Later

seawolf17 Oct 05 2005 04:00 PM

Verbs don't have gender, which is fine, because adverbs modify verbs, not adjectives. That said, it's "molto bene," because "molto" is the word. There is no "molta." It's an adverb, describing "bene," which is an adjective. Five years of Italian -- and a solid liberal arts education thereafter -- taught me a little something.

Yancy Street Gang Oct 05 2005 04:07 PM

Forgive my ignorance, but is Stackolee related to Stagger Lee? The night was clear and the moon was yellow And the leaves came tumbling down I was standing on the corner When I heard my bulldog bark He was barkin' at the two men Who were gamblin' in the dark It was Stagger Lee and Billy Two men who gambled late Stagger Lee threw seven Billy swore that he threw eight Stagger Lee told Billy I can't let you go with that You have won all my money And my brand new stetson hat Stagger Lee went home And he got his forty-four Said, I'm goin' to the barroom Just to pay that debt I owe Go Stagger Lee ---- Instrumental Interlude ---- Stagger Lee went to the barroom And he stood across the barroom door He said, nobody move And he pulled his forty-four Stagger Lee, cried Billy Oh, please don't take my life I've three little children And a very sickly wife Stagger Lee shot Billy Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad Till the bullet came through Billy And it broke the bartender's glass

TheOldMole Oct 05 2005 08:26 PM

Yeah -- he's a classic folk character, and his name has been spelled in a variety of ways -- Stackolee, Stagolee, Stagger Lee, even Richard Lee. [url=http://www.earlyblues.com/essay_stack_o_lee.htm]Here's a little background.[/url]