“Come on sweetheart, let's go dancing while we still got feet.”
The line indicates a lot about author David Budbill's droll look at life.
“While We Still Got Feet” is his latest book in a collection of plays and poems all with the same lighthearted appeal. This week, Budbill will share his insight at Cayuga Community College.
His philosophy is apparent throughout his work, as a playwright and poet. Budbill looks at life through his own pair of colored glasses, mirroring his experiences through his characters and bringing them to life “with a deep human element,” said Howard Nelson, English professor at Cayuga Community College.
Budbill is known for bringing a little extra life to his readings. With an extensive background in jazz and an extreme passion for music, he incorporates a musical ensemble into each reading, which greatly enhances its appeal and charm, Nelson said as a way of assuring those skeptical of “good” poetry.
Nelson is eager for Budbill's presentation Wednesday, at the school's student lounge.
“He has read here once before back in the '80s; I've watched his career progress since then,” Nelson said.
Budbill's poetry and scripts have been deeply influenced by music and ancient Chinese poetry.
One play in particular, Nelson's favorite, is an autobiographical portrait of an old Chinese recluse living in the mountains of northern Vermont, a place where many of the people in his work reside.
His reading is part of a weeklong residency at Cayuga, sponsored by the college's Humanities Division, the Daniel Labeille Fund of the college foundation, and Poets & Writers Inc. with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts.
If you go
Who: Writer David Budbill
When: 11 a.m. Wednesday
Where: Cayuga Community College student lounge
Cost: Free to the public
Staff writer Beth Noyes can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 252 or beth.noyes@lee.net
“While We Still Got Feet” is his latest book in a collection of plays and poems all with the same lighthearted appeal. This week, Budbill will share his insight at Cayuga Community College.
His philosophy is apparent throughout his work, as a playwright and poet. Budbill looks at life through his own pair of colored glasses, mirroring his experiences through his characters and bringing them to life “with a deep human element,” said Howard Nelson, English professor at Cayuga Community College.
Budbill is known for bringing a little extra life to his readings. With an extensive background in jazz and an extreme passion for music, he incorporates a musical ensemble into each reading, which greatly enhances its appeal and charm, Nelson said as a way of assuring those skeptical of “good” poetry.
Nelson is eager for Budbill's presentation Wednesday, at the school's student lounge.
“He has read here once before back in the '80s; I've watched his career progress since then,” Nelson said.
Budbill's poetry and scripts have been deeply influenced by music and ancient Chinese poetry.
One play in particular, Nelson's favorite, is an autobiographical portrait of an old Chinese recluse living in the mountains of northern Vermont, a place where many of the people in his work reside.
His reading is part of a weeklong residency at Cayuga, sponsored by the college's Humanities Division, the Daniel Labeille Fund of the college foundation, and Poets & Writers Inc. with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts.
If you go
Who: Writer David Budbill
When: 11 a.m. Wednesday
Where: Cayuga Community College student lounge
Cost: Free to the public
Staff writer Beth Noyes can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 252 or beth.noyes@lee.net
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