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I can't resist quoting a short poem, "Evidence," by Wendy Cope,
published in the Times Literary Supplement earlier this year (March
9, 2012).
Karen
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Evidence
"A great deal of anecdotal evidence suggests that we respond
positively to birdsong."
Scientific researcher quoted in _The Daily Telegraph_ 8.2.2012
Centuries of English verse
Suggest the selfsame thing:
A negative response is rare when birds are heard to sing.
_What's the use of poetry?_
They ask. Well, her's a start:
It's anecdotal evidence
About the human heart.
Wendy Cope
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>Try telling the juvenille mockingbird, whom I spent the first half of the
>summer listening to deep in the night, that his amourous vocalizations
>weren't song.
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Guest Curator, Botanica Magnifica: Photographs by Jonathan Singer
Exhibition -- through August 26, 2012 FINAL WEEK!
New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 609 292-6464
Tues-Sat 9-4:45 pm, Sunday 12-4. Closed Mondays and public holidays.
Free admission!
http://www.state.nj.us/state/museum/dos_museum_exhibit-singer.html
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http://www.princetonmagazine.com/wordpress/?p=789
http://www.jonathan-singer-photography.com/
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