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Note: In this episode—"The Beachcomber," aired on April 1, 1962—Mister Ed feels rejected, "real down, and beat," and runs away from home to join an artist colony full of beatniks. There are three poems for your viewing and listening pleasure: the first is at 10:25 in Part One (a poem by a beatnik about rejection); the second is at 1:25 in Part Two (Mr. Ed's poem about rejection); and the third is at 11:25 in Part Two (Mr. Ed's poem about how good his life is). Happy viewing!

As you know, P&PC has a vast network of lookouts, helping hands, affiliates, fellow travelers, and owl-eyed spotters scouring the American landscape for material so that we can bring you your weekly fix and simultaneously try, in our own little way, to goad on the members of that school of poetry-think that perpetuates the myth (as William Logan did this past Sunday in the New York Times ) that poetry is " loathed by many ." Indeed! Well, if we here at P&PC try to goad 'em on, then the menu (pictured here) at Hogan's Goat Pizza of 5222 NE Sacramento in Portland, Oregon, could be said to take a more hircine approach to the issue. We got the menu (not the pizza and definitely not the goat) hand-delivered from our friend Cheryl before she left Salem for the more enticing climes of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She'd been hanging out with all the hipsters in Portland (many of whom apparently model their facial hair after the billy pictured on the menu). She...

One of our favorite parts of Willamette University is Zena Farm —a five-acre, student-operated farm that is part of a larger, 305-acre property that includes a forest and a small observatory located in the Eola Hills about ten miles west of Salem proper. (Pretty awesome, right? How many other liberal arts universities do you know that can boast both a farm and a forest?) Overseen and managed by W.U.'s Sustainability Institute , the farm is a laboratory for all sorts of cool learning experiences. It sells tasty eats at the campus farm stand on Jackson Plaza during the school year. And it's also the site of the Summer Institute in Sustainable Agriculture —a residential, credit granting program that mixes hands-on learning with field trips, independent projects, and academic study in the theories and philosophies of sustainable agriculture. We were out at the farm yesterday having lunch with students (including Shayna and Lori from last semester's Introduction to Creative Wri...