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The public spirit and the Modern Plays
By 1908, Annie Horniman had shifted her interest to Manchester, but, through the threat of withdrawing her subsidy, she still shaped many of the productions of the NTS. “If she could not make i… more →
this North Pole
Poem of the Day: The Wanderings of Oisin: Book I
phantomcity wrote 6 days ago: The Wanderings of Oisin: Book I S. Patrick. You who are bent, and bald, and blind, With a heavy hear … more →
Another Treasure
jsumner wrote 1 week ago: While dealing with Yeats’s enigmatic question (and importantly the trail of experience leading … more →
Brave Newsworld
urbanrevolt wrote 1 week ago: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed t … more →
sailing to Byzantium
soulsister wrote 1 week ago: THAT is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees - Those dy … more →
Scouting water - 2009 fall retreat
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ballavone wrote 2 weeks ago: Perhaps our scouting was not worthy of a merit badge, but it was a valuable reminder about the inves … more →
A Pity Beyond All Telling - More Yeats
claire wrote 2 weeks ago: A pity beyond all telling Is hid in the heart of love: The folk who are buying and selling, The clou … more →
Sick with Desire
claire wrote 3 weeks ago: And fastened to a dying animal. When I was in college in 1963, I was blessed with knowledge of the w … more →
From Shoka to Shloka in Gujarat
sachinketkar wrote 3 weeks ago: Today, I attended a very interesting lecture on Poetry as Language of Persuasion’ delivered by … more →
He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
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innw wrote 3 weeks ago: Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and th … more →
#62. Sacrifice For A Dancer's 42nd(because she wanted yeats
zevstar wrote 3 weeks ago: Sacrifice For A Dancer’s 42nd(because she wanted yeats If as you say love is sacrifice then I … more →
Wishes for the Clothes of Heaven
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Farting Pen wrote 4 weeks ago: WARNING: This is a soppy post. Was listening to songs by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Don’t be … more →
A Coat - W.B. Yeats
explainedbacon wrote 1 month ago: I made my song a coat Covered with embroideries Out of old mythologies From heel to throat; But the … more →
Dark chocolate yeast cake
dadirevivo wrote 1 month ago: My sister Susan has always been such a great baker. While my mom was the “executive chef … more →
Jingoism
tadghoc wrote 1 month ago: You know what annoys me? Overly nationalist Irish people (the kind that write up the ra and draw Iri … more →
Turning and Turning
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exclamate wrote 1 month ago: If we are so privileged, why are these things so hard? This guy. I’m picking up a philisophy m … more →
The Wild Swans at Coole
winterrsun wrote 1 month ago: The Wild Swans at Coole By William Butler Yeats The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodland p … more →
to enter a second time
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theworldofando wrote 1 month ago: So once again it has begun with the ending being that I never had a start. From the outset I was sha … more →
These Decisionmakers of the Day, When they Become Clay, What Happens to the Gay and the Tamils that Pray?
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vihanga wrote 1 month ago: When Gamini is said to have given the order To set the library on fire Or when they burnt it to grou … more →
The Speed of Verse, II
rainscape wrote 1 month ago: So, why is speed needed to say poetry? It is the sound of sense waking up the latent agility of the … more →
