National Poetry Month: Jibanananda Das
Article via Khurpi.com
He is a poet of nature. Bengal’s beauty with its lovely flora and fauna finds apt description in his poetry. He had a unique lyricism, and was a romantic as well as a classicist. One of his most famous poems is Banalata Sen dedicated to his muse, the poem abounds with the distinct imagery of nature:
Jibanananda Das –Banalata Sen
“Hajar bochor dhorey ami poth hantitechi prithibir pothey,
Shinghol- shomudro theke nisheether ondhokarey moloy- shagorey
Onek ghurechi ami; Bimbishar- Ashokar dhushor jogotey
Shekhane chilam ami; aro dur ondhokar bidorbho nogore;”
(It has been a thousand years since I started trekking the earth
A huge travel in night’s darkness from the Ceylonese waters
To the Malayan sea
I have been there too; the fading world of Vimbisara and Ashoka
Even further- the forgotten city of Vidarva)
Law and Order SVU Full Review: S20 E20 | The Good Girl (Spoilers)
Did you know that in some states it’s legal to marry a thirteen year old, with a parent’s consent?
The episode starts with a woman sitting pretzel style on her couch trying to meditate. But she’s disturbed by the fight between a father and her daughter.
The father won’t let his daughter have her phone (to text a boy?). The daughter goes ballistic, reminds him that he is her stepfather, and starts throwing knives and glasses. Hmm.
The meditating lady calls the police and the father and daughter try to play it cool, but daddy is bleeding and that teenager is looking a little crazy; they’re taken into the hospital.
When they’re at the hospital it is discovered that the 13 year old is *surprise* pregnant.
Of course the father is questioned about the paternity and he responds “Oh God! I know you have to ask but I would never”. In the interview he reveals that the mother passed a few years ago and that the biological father of the teen is a junkie in the wind.
Meanwhile, in the next room Rollins and Lieutenant Benson are questioning the teenager, Mackenzie. She reveals that she has been with an older man, an older man with a blue BMW. She clams up and won’t say anymore.
Carisi and Rollins visit St. Matthews school to investigate who the father is. They speak to two boys posed in a flirty Instagram picture with Mackenzie, the post referencing nudes.
The two boys reveal that Mackenzie is a flirt, constantly teasing by ‘grabbing their junks’.
The two detectives are led to the high-school drama teacher, Mr. Dryfus. He reveals he has a blue BMW and he is taken in for questioning.
Later on, Mackenzie’s father expresses that he has accepted the pregnancy, because it’s what his daughter wants. With all this Mackenzie still will not give details of her relationship.
Panning back to Rollins and Benson in the squad room, Rollins doesn’t like the idea of a court violating a child’s privacy by ordering a paternity test.
Rollins claims ” If one of the teen boys from that school is the father, why should the baby ruin his life too?”
Benson retorts “I didn’t know that babies ruined lives…”
“Did you let the father know before you…”
“Before I what?”
“Before you had the abortion?” Rollins said exasperated.
Benson sets the record straight and says she never said she had an abortion. “All I said was that regret can be a terrible thing to live with and you assumed…”
Anyways. Mackenzie finally confirms to her stepfather that her “boyfriend” was the drama teacher Mr. Drayfus. Once the unit catches wind of this they rush to Mr. Drayfus’s apartment.
There they find Mr. Drayfus laying on the floor, dead, with a bowling trophy next to him. On the couch, the stepfather, Garret is sitting in a daze.
Back in the interrogation room Garret confesses to the homicide, his defense being “he couldn’t stand the thought of anyone hurting his precious daughter”. Garret was offered 2 years, 1 year probation.
In the A.D.A.’s office, none other than Clinton Drayfus’s boyfriend walks in. He assures the A.D.A that Clinton was engaged to marry next summer. And that the bowling trophy was from an LGBTQ League. Meaning Mackenzie lied about her the relationship with Mr. Drayfus, because he was gay.
At this point Benson decides to coax the truth out of Mackenzie at the grocery store, where Mackenzie is shopping for veal chops to make dinner for her and Garret. Benson lets her know that Garret committed a crime because of Mackenzie’s lies. Mackenzie lets her know that Garret is not at fault as long as he was operating under the implications of the lie at the time he committed the homicide. (How would a thirteen year old know all that?)
Benson realizes Mackenzie is protecting Garret, and wants to bring her to trial.
The trial lasts all of two minutes when Garret’s defense attorney reveals that Mackenzie will not be able to testify of her conversations with her stepfather due to… SPOUSAL PRIVILEGE. It turns out Mackenzie and Garret are married.
A year after Mackenzie’s mother died, Garret got a marriage license for him and Mackenzie. Garret got parental consent from the biological father, in exchange for 10 grand.
In exchange for a deal for his charge on possession of drugs, the biological father agrees to testify that he was bribed by Garret to sign the marriage certificate, in the marriage annulment hearing. Unfortunately, Mackenzie tells the judge how good Garret was to her and her mother, how he loved her. With that, the judge ruled that the marriage was in good standing. This means the prosecution had a weak case against Garret, he would get off when the jury heard how much Garret cared for Mackenzie, he would be get off easy on the homicide.
Garret and Mackenzie are in the interview room. When the detectives realize they have a weak case against Garret, they decide to arrest Mackenzie, for telling a lie that got an innocent man killed. At the sight of Mackenzie in handcuffs Garret breaks down and says how it’s his fault.
Mackenzie claims “No it’s my fault. I was the one who told Mr. Dryfus about us after he asked who got me pregnant. He was my friend. He promised not to say anything.”
So Garret killed Mr. Drayfus because Drayfus knew about Garret’s intimate relationship with Mackenzie. Garret is offered manslaughter 1 and statutory rape. He’s hauled away in handcuffs, leaving Mackenzie in tears.
Benson later goes to visit Mackenzie. They go head to head for a while, Mackenzie maintains she’s practically a woman and Garret loves her.
Bensons gets her to see reason when she tells Mackenzie that Garret stole her childhood from her. She wasn’t out riding her bike or hanging out with friends, instead she was taking care of Garret.
Benson tells her “I didn’t know your mother but I bet she was a good mom. Just like you’re going to be a good mom to that baby”.
Mackenzie starts to cry, implying she had a miscarriage.
National Poetry Month: Bei Dao
Zhao Zhenkai was born in Beijing August 2, 1949. His pseudonym Bei Dao means ‘North Island’. He is the author of several books of poetry and has been nominated for the Nobel Prize multiple times.
Ramallah – Ben Dao
in Ramallah
the ancients play chess in the starry sky
the endgame flickers
a bird locked in a clock
jumps out to tell the time
in Ramallah
the sun climbs over the wall like an old man
and goes through the market
throwing mirror light on
a rusted copper plate
in Ramallah
gods drink water from earthen jars
a bow asks a string for directions
a boy sets out to inherit the ocean
from the edge of the sky
in Ramallah
seeds sown along the high noon
death blossoms outside my window
resisting, the tree takes on a hurricane’s
National Poetry Month: Richard Wright
Haiku (67, 75, 78, 93 & 95) – Poem by Richard Wright
Richard Nathaniel Wright was an African-American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. His literature concerns racial themes, especially those involving the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.
67
The day is so long
That even noisy sparrows
Fall strangely silent.
75
Spring begins shyly
With one hairpin of green grass
In a flower pot.
78
An apple blossom
Trembling on a sunlit branch
From the weight of bees.
93
Leaving its nest,
The sparrow sinks a second,
Then opens its wings.
95
Like a fishhook,
The sunflower’s long shadow
Hovers in the lake.
National Poetry Month: Sandra Cisneros
Black Lace Bra Kind of Woman – Sandra Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer best known for her acclaimed first novel The House on Mango Street and her short story collection Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories.
Wachale! She’s a black lace bra
kind of woman, the kind who serves
up suicide with every kamikaze
poured in the neon blue of evening.
A tease and a twirl. I’ve seen that
two-step girl in action. I’ve gambled bad
odds and sat shotgun when she rambled
her ’59 Pontiac between blurred
lines dividing sense from senselessness.
Ruin your clothes, she will.
Get you home way after hours.
Drive her ’59 seventy-five on 35
like there is no tomorrow.
Woman zydeco-ing into her own decade.
Thirty years pleated behind her like
the wail of a San Antonio accordion.
And now the good times are coming. Girl,
I tell you, the good times are here.
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Got Matching Tattoos
Article via Cosmopolitan
- Chrissy Teigen and John Legend just got super-cute matching tattoos inspired by their kids, Luna and Miles.
- Chrissy jokingly wrote in her Instagram caption that they’re only talking to cool tattoo families now, which feels fair.
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend were already the cutest couple in Hollywood, no question, but they just one-upped themselves by getting matching tattoos inspired by their kids (and each other, obvs).
Chrissy just posted the above picture, which shows both their inner arms, and Chrissy’s new tat says “John Luna Miles” in cursive writing while John’s says “Chrissy Luna Miles.” SO CUTE. AH.
In the caption, Chrissy joked that now that they have tattoos, they can only be associated with a particular kind of people. “Hey guys please don’t talk to us unless u have tattoos we are a cool tattoo family now and we only want to talk to other tattoo families (srry if this seems harsh).” Not harsh. Totally fair.
Also! Chrissy got a little heart tattooed on the inside of her pointer finger, and it’s also super cute.
She even called out the tattoo artist when she posted it, writing, “Thank you thank you @WinterStone [aka Daniel Winter]. You are not only incredibly talented but you are very kind and delightful and welcome over any time!!”
The artist even responded in the comments. “@ChrissyTeigen @JohnLegend had so much fun tattooing you both! What an amazing loving couple, mom, and dad you are! #TattooPeople #DelicatelySharp.”
FYI, Daniel has tons of celebrity clients who love his work, including Demi Lovato, Sophie Turner, Joe Jonas, Emma Roberts, and Mandy Moore. Not to mention he did that iconic “La Vie En Rose” tattoo that now stretches up Lady Gaga’s spine.
German woman known as ‘scammer socialite’ will likely get deported
Article via FoxNews
Anna Delvey, the infamous “scammer socialite” who posed as a wealthy heiress to infiltrate the upper echelon of New York City’s social scene, is facing deportation after her trial concludes.
The German citizen, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, is currently facing ten counts of larceny after allegedly swindling hundreds of thousands of dollars from banks, hotels and wealthy friends over the course of several years. Delvey, 28, reportedly entered the United States under the Visa Waiver Program in June 2017, but stayed far past the legal timeframe of 90 days.
Rachael Yong Yow, a representative for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said that the department requested that Delvey be handed over to them after her trial, regardless of whether or not she is found guilty.
“ICE is requesting that we be notified prior to her release from local custody so she can be taken into ICE custody,” Yow told INSIDER. “Regardless of whether or not she is convicted, she is amenable for removal because she is a visa waiver overstay. If she is convicted, she is sentenced to serve her time in the US.”
Delvey’s story found viral fame after an article exposing her years-long con was published in New York magazine last year. After successfully convincing the entirety of New York’s social scene that she came from a long line of foreign family money, she secured loans using bad checks worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in an attempt to get funding for a business she planned to launch. She subsequently scammed months worth of free stays in some of the city’s most luxurious hotels, private jets to meetings with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and vacations on yachts in Ibiza before her crimes were revealed.
Now, even after being arrested, Delvey owed more than $250,000 in unpaid legal fees she allegedly owes to the firm representing her.
U.S. law designates any fraud-related offenses “in which the loss to the victim(s) is more than $10,000 as a “deportable offense.” According to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, she stole approximately $275,000.
Shonda Rhimes, who has been involved in the production of shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal,” and “How to Get Away with Murder,” is in the process of creating a Netflix series about Delvey’s life.
Jurors were selected for her trial this past week, and the proceedings are expected to conclude sometime next month.
Prosecutors have reportedly offered her three to nine years behind bars in exchange for a guilty plea, but she continues to plead not guilty.
Dr. Phil sued by former guest
Article via PageSix
Dr. Phil and a former guest are at odds over residual paychecks.
The talk show host is being sued for $10,000 by Josie Goldberg for her appearances on a 2010 episode aptly titled, “Spoiled and Entitled,” and a 2011 episode titled, “Smart Women, Dumb Choices?,” The Blast reports. She also claimed that she appeared on a 2014 episode featuring the best guests from the show, followed by a 2017 episode checking in on her.
Goldberg alleged that as a SAG/AFTRA performer, she is owed an estimated $10,000 from the episodes as her appearances have continued to generate revenue for the show.
Dr. Phil’s wife, Robin McGraw, is also listed in the suit as Goldberg claimed that Robin laughed at her and gave a “thumbs up” in response to a guest’s comments about Goldberg on the show. As a result, she claims that people have not wanted to work with her and wants $10,000.
A rep for Dr. Phil did not get back to us.
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Jordyn Woods speaks out amid Khloé, Tristan cheating scandal
Article via PageSix
Jordyn Woods isn’t waiting for her scandal to blow over.
Kylie Jenner’s maybe-former best friend stepped out at the launch event for her new Eylure false eyelashes line on Thursday night and thanked fans for their support as she attempts to navigate her feud with the Kardashian-Jenners.
“Thank you guys for coming out and supporting me through everything that’s going on,” she said, as captured by video on social media. “It’s been real …”
Woods, 21, allegedly hooked up with Tristan Thompson while he was still dating Khloé Kardashian. Khloé has since dumped Tristan, and Kim Kardashian even called her a “single mom” in the aftermath, seemingly confirming the split.
Khloé also hasn’t let her public breakup keep her down, stepping out with best friend Malika Haqq to attend the PrettyLittleThing LA Office Opening Party on Wednesday. The next day, Khloé critically addressed the scandal with quotes on her Instagram story.
“‘The worst pain is gettin [sic] hurt by a person you explained your hurt to,’” read the first quote, seemingly directed at Woods.
Although this was Woods’ first public event, she was spotted out and about in LA in an outfit that could have served as a message to Khloé and Tristan.
Woods wore a pair of sporty slides with “balance” written across one instep and “chaos” printed on the other. The sold-out men’s sandals are from Japanese brand Undercover and were originally priced at $165.