Nixon in China

[OK—I PROMISE to stop posting opera YouTubes real soon now...]

Still—how about that Kissinger, and the Pat Nixon? [it is Pat, right?]

Der Vogelfaenger bin ich ja

Best one I've found on YouTube, but you've got to ignore the French subtitles:

Overture to The Magic Flute

For the gestures to the brass at about 6:13 to 6:21.

Gladding, McBean

Gladding, McBean
Originally uploaded by thane

John Ciardi quotation—where?

Something like this:

Thought after the party: Did I make at least one good pun?

So—Somewhere John Ciardi wrote a short poem incorporating (at least) this idea.

Anyone know which poem it is?

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Now, I Google: Holy hell—Ciardi died over 20 years ago. Why wasn't I informed? For over four years I've been trying to decide if Ciardi's Inferno translation beats Heaney's Beowulf (current answer: Heaney), and I didn't know J.C. is dead!