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Tag: Poetry

TikTok: The Otter

Posted on May 31, 2020December 20, 2020 by cultured
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet plus

Posted on March 6, 2020August 12, 2022 by cultured

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a well renowned Victorian poet was born on March 6, 1806 in Durham, England, the eldest of 12 siblings, to a wealthy family. She is well known for many of her works, not the least of which being Sonnet 43, How do I love thee. How do I love thee? Let me…

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2020/02/16 #SundaySentence

Posted on February 16, 2020August 13, 2022 by cultured

Can Afric’s muse forgetful prove?
Or can such friendship fail to move
A tender human heart?
Immortal Friendship laurel-crown’d
The smiling Graces all surround
With ev’ry heav’nly Art

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Phillis Wheatley, first female black poet

Posted on February 7, 2020August 12, 2022 by cultured

Phillis Wheatley, the first known published female black poet in the United States, was born 1753 in West Africa.  In 1761, against her will she brought to New England and sold to John Wheatley of Boston.  The Wheatley’s, taking an interest in her education and her precocious nature, allowed her to learn to read and…

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To Posterity by Bertolt Brecht

Posted on January 4, 2019August 13, 2022 by cultured

1. Indeed I live in the dark ages! A guileless word is an absurdity. A smooth forehead betokens A hard heart. He who laughs Has not yet heard The terrible tidings. Ah, what an age it is When to speak of trees is almost a crime For it is a kind of silence about injustice!…

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Two poems for the road

Posted on March 28, 2018December 24, 2020 by cultured

The Road Not Takenby Robert Frost TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and…

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Video: Dylan Thomas discussing poetry and film (1953)

Posted on March 13, 2017December 24, 2020 by cultured
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Video: McDougal Street Blues, Jack Kerouac

Posted on March 12, 2017December 24, 2020 by cultured
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Video: The laughing heart by Charles Bukowski read by Tom Waits

Posted on February 13, 2017December 24, 2020 by cultured
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“Museum Piece” by Hayden Carruth

Posted on January 17, 2017August 13, 2022 by cultured

One of the things I love most about reading literary non-fiction is that the works become cryptic maps to other great works.  Thanks to Wendell Berry (WHAT ARE People FOR?, (1990)) for the introduction. I’ve only just started exploring his works, but this one touched me deeply this morning.  Good poetry does that…touches you where you…

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