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Poems for Boston
Less than a week after the tragedy in Boston, words still seem to fail us in understanding such sorrow for those we’ve never met. As it is National Poetry Month, perhaps we can let poets speak for us instead. ‘After … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged A Formal Feeling Comes, After Great Pain, Boston Marathon Bombings, Boston Marathon Explosions, emily dickinson, Macbeth, national poetry month, patrick rosal, Photo of my Grandmother Running Toward Us on a Beach in Ilokos, Shakespeare
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Considering Shakespeare
He’s the writer we all measure ourselves by and inevitably fail. Thanks, Shakespeare. His works are genius no matter how you look at them – deep philosophical contemplations on life or action-packed adventures. His words torture thousands of high school … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Literature
Tagged caliban, Hamlet, prospero, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, the tempest, wu ming
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That’s What He Said
Action is eloquence. – William Shakespeare
Revenge of the Partially Decomposed Urchin
By Margaret Hedderman The three Original Urchins™, Margaret, Sarah and Geo set out on holiday. They had scrimped and saved every pence, and together could afford a corner of the rectory in an ancient North Yorkshire church. They arrived late … Continue reading
Refudiate, Misunderestimate, and Wee-wee’d Up: Palin and Bush Take on Shakespeare
By Sarah Jost Shakespeare famously coined many words that now enjoy every day use in the English language. Shakespeare was also a literary genius who wrote 37 exquisite, thought-provoking plays and 154 sonnets. Last week, Sarah Palin coined a word. Refudiate. … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Politics & Global Issues, Sarah
Tagged abbreves, coined words, English language, etymology, Fox Neams, george w. bush, Ground Zero, misunderestimate, mosque, Muslims, NAACP, nicknames, Obama, racism, refudiate, sarah jost, sarah palin, Sean Hannity, Shakespeare, Tea Party
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Shakespeare Hates Me… And You, and You, and You
By Margaret Hedderman… Oh, and he hates you too. Screw it. Forget “The Scottish Play” and just spit it out. Macbeth. Macbeth. Macbeth. We’re cursed anyway. All our pathetic attempts at literary genius are a complete mockery after Shakespeare. There’s … Continue reading
Margaret: A Survey
*Survey courtesy of Shelf Awareness On your nightstand now: Don’t have one. But if I did… A cat. A fountain pen next to crumpled up to-do lists and dialogue notes. Goggles. A headlamp. A fifth of… no, not really. And … Continue reading
Posted in Examples in Urchinism, Literature, Margaret
Tagged Brian Jacques, faust, Goethe, Hamlet, Harper Lee, Heart of Darkness, Hemingway, In His Own Write, Jane Austen, John Lennon, Joseph Conrad, Martin the Warrior, Redwall, Shakespeare, shelf awareness, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tolkien, Wharton
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