Rejoycing this Bloomsday on the web , June 16, 2010:
– A Blooming at Annalemma.
– A stroll though Dublin with Father Conmee at Artifice.
– A Pounding from Pound and a nine-parted gestation at Big Other
– A stout piece at Keyhole Press.
– A letter to Bloom at Letters With Character, the blog inspired by Ben Greenman’s new collection What He’s Poised To Do (Harper Perennial). LWC is running as many letters to Bloom as they can get today. I wrote to Poldy and you should, too.
–Poldy!
–Poldy!
Give us a touch, Poldy.
AND WHAT STAR IS THAT, POLDY?
Bald Pat carried two diners’ drinks, Richie and Poldy. When first they saw, lost Richie Poldy, mercy of beauty, heard from a person wouldn’t expect it in the least, her first merciful lovesoft oftloved word. It sang again to Richie Poldy Lydia Lidwell also sang to Pat open mouth ear waiting to wait. Up the quay went Lionelleopold, naughty Henry with letter for Mady, with sweets of sin with frillies for Raoul with met him pike hoses went Poldy on.
HE PASSES, STRUCK BY THE STARE OF TRUCULENT WELLINGTON, BUT IN THE CONVEX MIRROR GRIN UNSTRUCK THE BONHAM EYES AND FATCHUCK CHEEKCHOPS OF JOLLYPOLDY THE RIXDIX DOLDY. A FEW MOMENTS LATER HE EMERGES FROM UNDER THE SHUTTER, PUFFING POLDY, BLOWING BLOOHOOM.
(SHARPLY) Poldy!
O Poldy, Poldy, you are a poor old stick in the mud!
(SOFTLY) Poldy!
Clap clap hands till Poldy comes home,
Cakes in his pocket for Leo alone.
POLDY KOCK, BOOTLACES A PENNY CASSIDY’S HAG, BLIND STRIPLING, LARRY RHINOCEROS, THE GIRL, THE WOMAN, THE WHORE, THE OTHER, THE …
Byby, Poldy!
5 pounds reward, lost, stolen or strayed from his residence 7 Eccles street, missing gent about 40, answering to the name of Bloom, Leopold (Poldy), height 5 ft 9 1/2 inches, full build, olive complexion, may have since grown a beard, when last seen was wearing a black suit.
Poldy laughing and trying to listen everyone goes mad Poldy and Poldy not Irish enough he looked Poldy pigheaded as usual coming home with Poldy if I only could remember the half of the things and write a book out of it the works of Master Poldy yes Poldy has more spunk in him yes
MANY THANKS to John Madera, Chris Heavener, Peter Cole, Ben Greenman, James Tadd Adcox, and Rebekah Silverman for celebrating Bloomsday 2010 with me. And please look for Unknown Arts: A Collection of Texts Derived from the Works of James Joyce due out in February 2011 from Keyhole Press.
“Poldy” is derived from James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922)