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“I’ve Gotta Get a Message To You”

“I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You” is a 1968 song by the Bee Gees. Released as a single it became UK No. 1, before being ousted by the Beatles’ Hey Jude.The song is about a condemned man who is awaiting his executionRobin Gibb, who wrote the lyrics together with his brothers Barry and Maurice,… Read More “I’ve Gotta Get a Message To You”

1 March 2021 luisa zambrotta55 Comments

L. Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, one of the most representative poets of the Beat Movement died three days ago (22 February 2021) at the age of 101.He was also a painter, a publisher and the owner of the celebrated San Francisco bookstore City Lights. In 1976, the year of his divorce, he wrote “People Getting Divorced” later published… Read More L. Ferlinghetti

25 February 202125 February 2021 luisa zambrotta47 Comments

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay (born on 22 February 1892) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the third woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was considered one of the most skillful writers of sonnets during the 1900s.She was also known for her unconventional, bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs. “Time… Read More Edna St. Vincent Millay

22 February 202122 February 2021 luisa zambrotta55 Comments

Toni Morrison Day

Toni Morrison (1931-2019) was an American novelist, essayist, editor, and professor. She was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. She was also the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her 1987 novel “Beloved”, and of many more awards.She wrote a volume of poetry, “Five Poems” (2002),… Read More Toni Morrison Day

18 February 202118 February 2021 luisa zambrotta57 Comments

🎶Buffalo Soldier 🎶(1. Introduction and Lyrics)

Bob Marley, who was born in Jamaica on this day, 6 February 1945, helped introduce reggae music to the world. He died in 1981. The reggae song Buffalo Soldier was written by Bob Marley and N.G. Williams, aka King Sporty, in 1980. It was released two years after Marley’s death, due to a type of… Read More 🎶Buffalo Soldier 🎶(1. Introduction and Lyrics)

6 February 20216 February 2021 luisa zambrotta55 Comments

Epiphany/ “We Three Kings” (1. Lyrics and Translation)

In his homily for today, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Pope Francis tookhis cue from the liturgical readings and focused on the three fundamental steps of worshipping (a theme that is a bit uncommon in this era where everything takes place in a rush, we are all focused on our problems, and… Read More Epiphany/ “We Three Kings” (1. Lyrics and Translation)

6 January 20216 January 2021 luisa zambrotta43 Comments

The House of Christmas

There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place where she was homeless All men are at home. The crazy stable close at hand, With shaking timber and shifting sand, Grew a stronger thing to abide and stand Than the square stones of Rome. For men are homesick in… Read More The House of Christmas

26 December 202026 December 2020 luisa zambrotta65 Comments

Joyce Kilmer: Trees

Alfred Joyce Kilmer was an American poet, as well as journalist, literary critic, lecturer, and editor, who was born on 6 December 1886.Although married and with children Joyce Kilmer volunteered for service in 1917 following America’s entry into World War I. Before his departure, he contracted with publishers to write a book about the war,… Read More Joyce Kilmer: Trees

6 December 2020 luisa zambrotta40 Comments

Ada Byron Lovelace and her father (2)

When, on 10 December 1815, his daughter Ada was born, Lord Byron was really happy, though he had expected his child to be a “glorious boy” and had wished the death of his creature, if female.She was named Augusta, after Byron’s half-sister, and Ada because, according to her father, “it is short, ancient, vocalic”.Only five… Read More Ada Byron Lovelace and her father (2)

28 November 2020 luisa zambrotta39 Comments

e.e. cummings: Lady, i will touch you with my mind

Lady, i will touch you with my mind.Touch you and touch and touchuntil you giveme suddenly a smile, shyly obscene (lady i willtouch you with my mind.) Touchyou, that is all, lightly and you utterly will becomewith infinite ease the poem which i do not write.(e.e. cummings) I think that the beauty of this poem… Read More e.e. cummings: Lady, i will touch you with my mind

23 November 2020 luisa zambrotta54 Comments

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