A joy to hear "Paradise Lost" last night, thanks to the Red Bull Theater and my friend Carol, an actor who told me about & participated in this reading. Actors performing poetry often go against the language or lean on the rhythm in order to be dramatic. This group understood that the language IS the drama; they spoke clearly & understood what they were saying. Part 2 in 2 weeks.
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Monday Quote
May 25, 2020
Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth:
And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
~ John Milton, from Lycidas
Can you find more beautiful lines in the English language? A poem of grief & elegy seems to be just the thing at the moment, doesn't it.