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Canzoniere 23
For the Italian text, please click here. For an English translation by A.S Kline, please click here. Presentation by David Bowe (Report by Jennifer Rushworth): The poem enacts a destabilisation of ide… more →
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A very brief introduction to the Dark Ages
wrote 3 days ago: Taken from my website http://www.ajsefton.com/#!historical-background/c1bor Amidst the errors there … more →
A Time to Wait
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wrote 1 week ago: Only once has Josh Ritter put two versions of the same song on one album. Well, almost the same son … more →
This girl loves...words.
wrote 1 week ago: Emotional words Lately I’ve been struck by the beauty in the world. In a world where there is … more →
#6 Getting the climate and the seasons right
wrote 2 weeks ago: Our first meeting with the Welshman takes place in an autumn forest, high in the Apennines, replete … more →
Day Five- Fontaine-de-Vaucluse and the Pont du Gard
wrote 3 weeks ago: On this day we traveled to the beautiful town on the Sorgue River, Fontaine-deVaucluse. The water he … more →
The Story Behind "Fled"
wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m honored that my poem, “Fled,” from the latest issue of Cimarron Review, is the … more →
Romeo and Juliet: Is the Balcony Scene Bull****?
wrote 1 month ago: Romeo and Juliet[1] Extract: Act 2 Scene 1 Line 134- end of scene In this extract, it can be said th … more →
4.6.2013 Saturday's Quote
wrote 1 month ago: Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together. Francesco Petrarca April 6, 1327: Known in E … more →
Ad Laura, Mea Perfectus Amor
wrote 1 month ago: Laura vivet in aeternum quia verba mea… True it’s not an exact translation, but I think … more →
Petrarch First Sees His Laura on This Date
wrote 1 month ago: On this date in 1327, Italian poet Francesco Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the … more →
Pace non trovo...
wrote 1 month ago: CANZONIERE CXXXIV Francesco Petrarca Pace non trovo e non ho da far guerra e temo, e spero; e ardo e … more →
Honoring Gertrude Moakley
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wrote 1 month ago: Gertrude Moakley is my tarot history muse and the wise and magical aunt I wish I could have had. Unf … more →
springSNOW:
wrote 2 months ago: Should we apologise for so much of the country being inundated with springSNOW, fallen, we assume, t … more →
wrote 2 months ago: “Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which … more →
Sonnet 63
wrote 2 months ago: Qui voudra voir dedans une jeunesse La beauté jointe avec la chasteté, L’humble douceur, la grave ma … more →
Peter Hughes & Petrarch
wrote 2 months ago: Two splendid new publications of Peter Hughes’s on-going project are now available. Soft Rush … more →
Music History as Equal Opportunity Discriminator
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wrote 3 months ago: Members of La Donna Musicale (photo by Javier Parra) Learning that there were composers other than H … more →
Petrarch, the Italian Pimp, and his BS Sonnets
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wrote 3 months ago: I am currently enrolled in a “sonnet seminar.” In the first class session I attended (wa … more →
a cappella Friday: Madrigals
wrote 3 months ago: A cappella music (without instrumental accompaniment) is particularly enjoyable for me to listen to. … more →
