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Brat by Charli XCX is a work of contemporary imagist poetry – and a reclamation of ‘bratty’ women’s art: In the song Girl, So Confusing on the 2024 album Brat, Charli XCX declares to an unnamed addressee: “You’re all about writing poems. But I’m about throwing parties.” Fan speculation that fellow singer Lorde was the …
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Terence Davies: four films that reveal the pain and poetry of the director’s own life: Terence Davies, who has died at the age of 77, was a key figure in British and European cinema. The Liverpool-born director extended the formal possibilities of film, and had a unique capacity for depicting memory and personal history. Much …
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COVID poetry: how a new genre is helping readers to comprehend the pandemic: Research has shown that the UK read more during the pandemic. Ajdin Kamber/Shutterstock Research has shown that in the early months of the COVID pandemic people in the UK both reported reading more and used reading to cope with the anxieties brought …
How Sylvia Plath’s profound nature poetry elevates her writing beyond tragedy and despair: I cannot stop writing poems! … They come from the vocabulary of woods and animals and earth. From a letter from Sylvia Plath to her mother, 1956 Popular perceptions of Sylvia Plath tend to dwell on a deeply troubled version of the …
How poetry can help address the climate crisis: I want to leap up at the three-nation parley In Whitehorse, Yukon, to warn them the radionuclides absorbed from the lichen they live on may kill them if they don’t drown in droves in crossings flooded out by hydroelectric stations, or slowly starve to death behind oil …
How poetry can help communicate science to a more diverse audience: ivector/Shutterstock When people think about science communication, they often imagine strategies to get large audiences to see a scientist’s research. But in reality, science communication exists across a wide spectrum, from the one-way transfer of knowledge from scientist to the public to the development …
How poetry can help us understand the urgency of the climate crisis: Chursina Viktoriia/Shutterstock I discovered Ellen Bass’ poem, Birdsong from My Patio, during the first UK lockdown. My garden hedge was stuffed with sparrows who seemed to always be singing. I expected to see and hear them in this poem too and, at first, …
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South Africa in the news: How Poetry Can Heal: Distinguished doctor Norman Rosenthal discusses the power of the written word in dealing with grief, personal conflict and even serious illness.: “South Africa” – BingNews AB de Villiers says South Africa retirement is ‘final’: South African cricket coach Mark Boucher said on Tuesday he was disappointed …
Humour in poetry should be taken seriously: Vectorium/Shutterstock As a child, I remember laughing out loud while reading Shel Silverstein’s poetry book A Light in the Attic (1981). I loved it so much that I started reciting the poem Skin Stealer every day, to the great annoyance of my little brother. Even now, these lines …
The Organic Open Mic @ Bareburger East Village NYC – Comedy, Music, Poetry! – a Beauty interest event taking place on 2021-02-09 19:00:00 in United States Looking for special – and very unique – open mic in downtown Manhattan? The Organic Open Mic at the gorgeous Bareburger organic restaurant in the East Village – the …
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Poetry Event – Diamond Valley Writers Guild – a Beauty interest event taking place on 2020-08-22 09:30:00 in United States The Diamond Valley Writers Guild presents its Fifth Annual Appreciation of Poetry with Discussions and Readings. The theme of the workshop is “Does Poetry Still Matter? The Beauty, History and Importance of Poetry in Modern …
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Know your place – poetry after the Black Death reflected fear of social change: Chaucer commended those who followed their societal roles and condemned those who didn't. Morphart Creation/Shutterstock The sharp fall in population caused by the waves of plague which followed the arrival of the Black Death in 1348 led to one of the …