“Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?”-Alfred, Lord Tennyson (died 6 October 1892)
Circa 1932: Carole Lombard (born 6 October 1908)
[Alternative Muses] Going and Coming: Alfred, Lord Tennyson/Carole Lombard Mashup
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Tag Archives: Poetry
Voices from the Grave: Anne Sexton Reading ‘Wanting to Die’
Poet Anne Sexton died 40 years ago today. In remembrance, here’s a clip of her reading Wanting to Die.
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Vincent van Gogh quote
It’s Time for Another Round of [R]evolving Incarnations: A Questionnaire for Passionate Readers!
[R]evolving Incarnations: A Questionnaire for Passionate Readers is back!
If you’re new(er) to A Small Press Life, here’s what you need to know:
[R]evolving Incarnations is an interview series done in classic Q&A format. Each entry features one intrepid writer/blogger/artist/creative mastermind as they take on the same 40 reading-themed questions and scenarios. It’s a fun, non-traditional take on the bookish survey format.
We are looking for new participants! If this sounds interesting, please leave a comment!
Here are past entries:
Be sure to check back on Friday, 5th September for the next installment.
Lather, poem by Alicia Austen (Magnetic Poetry Kit Poem)
Check out my (magnetic poetry) poem “Lather” on Silver Birch Press’ blog!
NOTE: Yesterday, we blogged about the Magnetic Poetry Kit and included a link where you could create a magnetic poem online. We also asked people to send us their magnetic poems so we could feature them on our blog. Alicia Austen rose to the occasion and is the first to forward her Magnetic Poetry Kit poem. Thank you Alicia!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alicia Austen is a writer, editor, and rebel-creative. She currently resides in the Queen City (aka Cincinnati), where she can usually be found drinking tea, listening to punk rock, and reading out-of-print books. Visit her blog at onetrackmuse.com.
Darwin on Poetry
“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”-Charles Darwin
The Drawbridge by Vincent van Gogh, 1888. I’d add “look at beautiful things as often as possible” to the list.
Daily Diversion #197: The World’s 1000 Best Poems
My newest bookish treasures…three volumes of The World’s 1000 Best Poems. They cost .75 each from Out of the Closet.
The World’s 1000 Best Poems (1929).
Congratulations, Sir John Suckling, You Have One of the Best Writer Names of All Time. Also, Happy Birthday!
Sir John Suckling, poet and inventor of cribbage, was born on 10 February 1609.
Sir John Suckling by Anthony van Dyck, 17th century.
“I prithee send me back my heart,/Since I cannot have thine;/For if from yours you will not part,/Why, then, shouldst thou have mine?”
She Burned Too Bright for This World*: Goodbye, Emily!
Emily Brontë died on 19 December 1848.
The Brontë Sisters by Branwell Brontë. Emily is in the middle.
“Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now?”-Emily Brontë
*Wuthering Heights
Three Years Ago Today I Married My Love
Our wedding ceremony was cobbled together with rock and roll and bagpipes and honest poetry, love and tears; there were no vows, except to bluntly say, “I do.” If the act of marriage itself is not promise enough, then an oath is meaningless armor against the inevitable.
Bells Are Ringing
I DO NOT LOVE YOU EXCEPT BECAUSE I LOVE YOU BY PABLO NERUDA
The Chef and I are somewhere on this spectrum of cute coupledom:
Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge, May 31, 1921
Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake in Sullivan’s Travels, 1941
Rod La Rocque and Lillian Rich in Braveheart, 1925
Bride and Groom by Amedeo Modigliani, 1915-1916
Garbo and Gilbert in A Woman of Affairs, 1928
Larry and Viv, 1938
Claude and Alice Monet
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