Notes
FROM THE ONLINE CHAPBOOK FLAMINGO PARK
Chapbook Notes
“Christmas Day I Leave . . . .” Raphael (1483-1520), Italian painter.
“My Cradles.” Theda Bara, 1885-1955, actor; Mae West, 1893-1980, actor.
“Let’s Go.” Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), French composer; Agnus Dei, Lux aeterna, Dies irae,. Lamb of God, Eternal light, This day; Guiseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Italian composer; Stabat Mater Dolorosa, Stood the Mother of Sorrows (Mary at the crucifixion); “Dew Drop Inn,” music and lyrics by Richard Wayne Penniman (1932-2020), aka Little Richard and Eskew Reeder, Jr. (1932 or 1935-1986), aka Esquerita; “Shuffle Off to Buffalo,” American hit song, lyrics by Al Dubin (1891-1945); music by Harry Warren (1893-1981).
“Lipstick.” “God’s word in my heart like a burning fire in my bones.” Jeremiah 20:9.
“Time After Time.” From the song “Time After Time,” lyrics by Sammy Cahn (1913-1993) , music by Jule Styne (1905-1994); Lightnin’ Hopkins (1912-1982), singer, songwriter, musician; Chet Baker (1929-1988), trumpeter, singer.
“Dog Story.” Mon enfant, ma soeur (My child, my sister), first line of poem L’Invitation au Voyage/em> by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867); Dos gardenias para ti . . . / Te quero, te adoro, mi vida . . . (Two gardenias for you/ I love you, I adore you, my life) from the bolero Dos Gardenias by Cuban songwriter Isolina Carrillo (1907-1996).
“With Friends Near the Fountain in the Wind.” Paul Robeson (1898-1976), bass-baritone concert singer, actor, activist.
“June Walk.” Owes a debt to poet Czesław Miłosz.
“Flood and Ebb.” Owes a debt to poet W.S. Merwin.
Flamingo Park
Miriam Levine
2026
Flamingo Park is Miriam Levine’s gift to you. The setting of this online chapbook is the Flamingo Park neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida. The themes, for the most part, are love, death, joy—laughter and tears—the longstanding themes of lyric poetry.