We have play practice today so it seemed appropriate to take this from Twelfth Night. This is Feste’s song at the end of the play. His bleak account of the rain is overstated to make us aware of how bright and sunny the world really is. Act V, scene 1… When that I was and […]
Poetry Friday
Since we are celebrating the feast of St. Patrick’s Day here in Savannah I thought a merry Irish poem appropriate. The Fiddler of DooneyBy William Butler Yeats WHEN I play on my fiddle in Dooney, Folk dance like a wave of the sea; My cousin is priest in Kilvarnet, My brother in Moharabuiee. I passed […]
Poetry Slam
The whole video clip thing is driving me nuts today. So I put the three video clips in a sidebar here if you are interested in seeing my beautiful older daughters reciting their selections. Kelli, as you know, did "Think Pink" by Christina Rossetti. Erin recited "Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns and Katie’s piece […]
Poetry Friday
Poetry Friday is being hosted by Farm School this week… Pied Beautyby Gerard Manley Hopkins Glory be to God for dappled things- For skies of couple colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;Fresh fire-coal chestnust falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted […]
Poetry Friday
No Heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. Take Heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present instant. Take Peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within reach …..is Joy. There is a radiance and glory in the […]
