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Synopsis:
This is a piece of Environmental poetry where Shakespeare shares with us what it is like being 'Down in the Dumps'.
Concept Description:
Using part of Shakespeare's Sonnet 29, I...
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A visual poem without words ! A cursed soul tormented by dreams and visions of a possible disastrous future. Train footage by nicholas noble. http://www.youtube.com/user/nicholasnoble
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I wish this baby, flannel, oatmeal, bells,
Balloons a kite, a bike, a cat, a phone .
I wish her tryouts, outfits, ocean swells
And dances, love notes, babies of her own.
But dare I wish...
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My ship is waiting and I have to go.
Yes, this is our farewell. I won't say I'll
Return, sweet Princess. But I won't forget
The fairest of the maids who dropped their veils
And laundry baskets...
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It's like in summer,
when your throat is dry
your lips draw tight,
your lungs refuse the air,
it's all you think about.
You dread the sky.
Your ears are singed.
Your lids can't shield the...
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You tutored me.
Can still recite by rote
the who and whom begats.
On details drilled I mastered cues
to quote the anecdote
and when to laugh or sigh
'mid tales distilled
of rogues revealed,...
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They rose and hand in hand toward home went on their way.
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They knew they wouldn't find that grafted tree
When first the cherry orchard came at hand.
But what a shock! No, how...
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And when sweet juices ran from lip to chin
And waists felt fuller than a bursting sack
They piled up leaves and heather to begin
A morning nap. Etain lay on her back
Each finger yet...
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Ian McKellen "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow " from the 1979 TV version of the Trevor Nunn production by the Royal Shakespeare Company
G. Fletcher ("Studies of Shakespeare",...
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