Robert RomanMy Own Private Ulysses: Bloomsday Forecast — Cloudy with a Chance of Gorgonzola“Father Conmee, reading his office, watched a flock of muttoning clouds over Rathcoffey.” — Ulysses, James JoyceJan 241Jan 241
Robert RomanMy Own Private Ulysses: Celtic Climate Change“BLOOM: (Trembling, beginning to obey.) The weather has been so warm.” - Ulysses, James JoyceJan 10Jan 10
Robert RomanMy Own Private Ulysses: Happy Bloom Year!Happy Bloom Year! It’s the same as Leap Year, Depending how you define the word ‘same.’ Both provide an extra day on our sphere, If…Jan 4Jan 4
Robert RomanMy Own Private Ulysses: ‘Twas the Night Before Bloomsday‘Twas the night ‘fore Bloomsday when in a house, A public house, I sipped Guinness with care, Wondered why Zoe calls Bloom Tittlemouse…Dec 24, 2023Dec 24, 2023
Robert RomanMy Own Private Ulysses: In the Gullet of Lestrygonians“Hot mockturtle vapour and steam of newbaked jampuffs rolypoly poured out from Harrison’s.” - Ulysses, James JoyceDec 10, 2023Dec 10, 2023
Robert RomanMy Own Private Ulysses: In the Mouth of Lestrygonians“Pineapple rock, lemon platt, butter scotch… among the warm sweet fumes of Graham Lemon’s” — Ulysses, James JoyceDec 6, 2023Dec 6, 2023
Robert RomanMy Own Private Ulysses: A Bloomsgiving Prayer“Ah, I’m hungry.” — Leopold “Poldy” BloomNov 21, 2023Nov 21, 2023
Robert RomanMy Own Private Ulysses: Bloom’s Abode of Bliss“BLOOM: Gentlemen of the jury, let me explain. A pure mare’s nest. I am a man misunderstood. I am being made a scapegoat of. I am a…Nov 14, 2023Nov 14, 2023
Robert RomanMy Own Private Ulysses: The Hemingway Half-Dozen Prose Poem Primer #1“He’s a good writer, Hemingway. He writes as he is. We like him. He’s a big powerful peasant, as strong as a buffalo…But giants of his sort…Nov 4, 2023Nov 4, 2023