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Two poems by Novoneyra-Slender little spinneralways at your spinningalways spinning and dreamingin the end to come to nothing.-In the end to come to nothing,that has still to be seensince with the linen threadsas I twist them from the
At the hour the sweet morning starBegins to soften and melt,His well-horned mountain goatsTrotting along in front,Temenday the Celtic shepherd comesReturning to his sweet foldAlone and singing through the broomOf Xallas, decked with heat
An afternoon in springMurmured these words to me:If you are seeking pathsWith flowers in this worldThen put to death your wordsAnd let your old soul speak.Let the same white linenThat you are wearing nowClothe you in your mourningCloth
John Donne- The FleaI take a sceptical look at John Donne's famous poem about a flea. Is this really a good way to chat up the girls?
Here are Shakespeare's first ten sonnets for your listening pleasure.
Charles OlsonWeekend 14-15 January 2017These two days are dedicated to Charles Olson’s Maximus. Shakespeare in the Mountains is all about the power of reading aloud and this weekend I gave my time to reading the Maximus poems aloud in their
Charles OlsonWeekend 14-15 January 2017These two days are dedicated to Charles Olson’s Maximus. Shakespeare in the Mountains is all about the power of reading aloud and this weekend I gave my time to reading the Maximus poems aloud in their
Charles OlsonWeekend 14-15 January 2017These two days are dedicated to Charles Olson’s Maximus. Shakespeare in the Mountains is all about the power of reading aloud and this weekend I gave my time to reading the Maximus poems aloud in their
Charles OlsonWeekend 14-15 January 2017These two days are dedicated to Charles Olson’s Maximus. Shakespeare in the Mountains is all about the power of reading aloud and this weekend I gave my time to reading the Maximus poems aloud in their
Charles OlsonWeekend 14-15 January 2017These two days are dedicated to Charles Olson’s Maximus. Shakespeare in the Mountains is all about the power of reading aloud and this weekend I gave my time to reading the Maximus poems aloud in their
I had read these poems before to myself and was not aware of the influence that reading them out loud would have on the sound of the verse. This is the great reason for reading out loud. Poetry is performative- even when it is intellectual, e
Charles OlsonWeekend 14-15 January 2017These two days are dedicated to Charles Olson’s Maximus. Shakespeare in the Mountains is all about the power of reading aloud and this weekend I gave my time to reading the Maximus poems aloud in their
These two days are dedicated to Charles Olson’s Maximus. Shakespeare in the Mountains is all about the power of reading aloud and this weekend I gave my time to reading the Maximus poems aloud in their entirety.
Xosé Vázquez Pintor- The Longing Won't Win OutI am revisiting a poem by Xosé Vázquez Pintor. I want you to hear it in the original and in translation, now that I have connected my blog to the podcast service at Podomatic. First I will rea
In this post I am looking at Fuenteovejuna a play by Lope de Vega, the Spanish Golden Age playwright who is best known outside of Spain. There are a number of urban legends concerning him. One says that he compiled over one thousand plays. T
In this series of posts I am looking at ways to read with expression and understanding of the text. Shakespeare in the Mountains is a project that gathers people who are interested in reading aloud to eat, walk and read in the north of Spain.
In my last post, I read the poem Lob by Edward Thomas. “Thou lob of spirits” is how the sprite addresses Robin Goodfellow in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Edward Thomas suggests to us that Shakespeare tapped into English tradition when he create
In the course Shakespeare: Myth, we look at the mythological worlds of Shakespeare’s plays. In this talk I want to read one poem, by Edward Thomas, without any commentary. I shall talk about the poem in a later posting. Before you listen to t
What is irony? In this talk I examine how Shakespeare allows his characters to speak with tragic pointers to different meanings beyond their current situation. Othello knows that he is a tragic hero, but he just does not grasp why.
Shakespeare uses rhyming couplets to sign off. In this short talk I examine how we can read these couplets.
Reading Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis: is Adonis a rapper?For Shakespeare in the Mountains
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