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Tom Clark’s Baseball and Classicism
3Mar2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Author: NoraThis week, Tom Clark has the honor(?) of being the first living poet to fall prey to my illustration impulse.
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I'm a librarian. Special skills include dog charming, brochure writing, slapdash cooking and long-winded nattering. I also enjoy watching the sunset's reflection in the tall buildings downtown.
For a while there, I taught classes on Classical literature, philosophy, and the history of religion at New College of California. I have an MA and an MFA in Writing, and live on a boat in Sausalito, CA.
momeester
March 3rd, 2013 at 3:52 pm
Love the mash-up of baseball and mythology in the poem.
tom clark
March 4th, 2013 at 7:20 am
Love the honor!
I’d hate to be on the mound when that formidable Eurydice steps up to the plate…
momeester
March 4th, 2013 at 6:18 pm
And I see Nobody’s on third!
momeester
March 5th, 2013 at 4:11 am
So last night Nora, Momeester and Dadmo speculated about who was on the two teams: Snakes and Ankles. The team list begins in the 4th panel. Snakes are represented by Outis (Nobody) and Victor (whom Eurydice triumphs over.) But each team needs nine players. SO far Snakes have Pythia, and Harry Potter, Ankles have Oedipus, Lord Byron and Orpheus. Each team needs 5 more. Whom do you suggest?
Nora
March 5th, 2013 at 3:05 pm
Team Snake:
Medusa
Team Ankle:
Marianne Dashwood
Philocthetes
Elwin Ransom
Nora
March 5th, 2013 at 3:06 pm
And of course Achilles is also team σφυρόν
momeester
March 5th, 2013 at 3:20 pm
Curt Schilling is also on team φυρόν.
momeester
March 5th, 2013 at 3:21 pm
Curt Schilling is also on team σφυρόν.
Nora
March 5th, 2013 at 3:24 pm
Team Ἔχιδναi gets Snake Wiltse
momeester
March 5th, 2013 at 3:27 pm
Team Ἔχιδναi gets Salazar Slytherin and Paracelsus, both known parselmouths.
momeester
March 5th, 2013 at 3:29 pm
Can actual snakes play baseball when they have no arms?
dadoo
March 15th, 2013 at 4:42 pm
Laocoön 0, Snakes 3:
Sudden death.