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Month: December 2019
Red Hats
The first lines of the poem āWarningā (by Jenny Joseph) led to the formation of the āRed Hat Societyā, a women’s group whose members wear purple, accessorised with a red hat. When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit meā¦ The Red Hat… Read More Red Hats
Breve riflessione su un piatto di bollito
āTāamo, o pio bove; e mite un sentimento Di vigore e di pace al cor māinfondiā¦” (GiosuĆØ Carducci – Il bove – 1872) Il pio bove, che emana un senso quasi di sacralitĆ , ĆØ āsua maestĆ il bue grassoā, celebrato in questi giorni con sontuosi bolliti misti nelle sagre di Moncalvo o di CarrĆ¹?… Read More Breve riflessione su un piatto di bollito
āWarningā (2. Analysis)
āWarningā (by Jenny Joseph) Stanza One When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement… Read More āWarningā (2. Analysis)
“Warning”(1. Introduction & translation)
āWarningā (by Jenny Joseph) When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m… Read More “Warning”(1. Introduction & translation)
š„ CINEFORUM: āRomaā
Roma ĆØ un film (in lingua originale con sottotitoli in italiano) del 2018 scritto Alfonso CuarĆ³n, che ne ha firmato non solo la regia, ma anche sceneggiatura, montaggio e direzione della fotografia. Narra la storia di una famiglia che vive a CittĆ del Messico, nel quartiere residenziale Roma, abitato dallāalta borghesia, nel corso degli anni… Read More š„ CINEFORUM: āRomaā
24 and āSing a Song of Sixpenceā
Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened The birds began to singā Wasn’t that a dainty dish To set before the king? The king was in the counting-house Counting out his money, The queen was in the parlor Eating… Read More 24 and āSing a Song of Sixpenceā
“4+20” or 84?
The song ā4+20ā, written and sung by Stephen Stills, tells the sad story of a man who is born into a poor family and finds himself alone in his old age, wishing for death to come. Stills explained that the song was “about an 84-year-old poverty-stricken man who started and finished with nothing.” Four and… Read More “4+20” or 84?
š¶ To the Last Whale š¶
Over the years you have been hunted By the men who threw harpoons And in the long run, he will kill you Just to feed the pets we raise Put the flowers in your vase And make the lipstick for your face Over the years you swam the ocean Following feelings of your own Now… Read More š¶ To the Last Whale š¶
š¶ ā4+20ā š¶
Four and twenty years ago I come into this life, Son of a woman And a man who lived in strife. He was tired of being poor But he wasn’t into selling door to door And he worked like a devil to be more. A different kind of poverty now upsets me so Night after… Read More š¶ ā4+20ā š¶
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