Word: poemes
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...will present a musical version of the classic poem “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest L. Thayer, Class of 1885. Their imaginative rendition—which includes audience participation—may have audiences dreaming of baseball diamonds and cracker jacks...
...poem was Thayer’s last contribution to the publication, but lives on as an American favorite, after a comedian picked up the verse years later to perform it after a baseball game. To bring the poem back to life, Allen G. Feinstein ’86, who directs HPO, wrote and composed the adaptation of the poem that will be played this Saturday...
During his time at Harvard, Gioia studied a great deal of poetry, including Virgil’s Aeneid, which has become his favorite long poem. Before coming to Harvard, he had read the poem twice in the original Latin, but it was rereading the poem in Fitzgerald’s course on narrative poetry that “opened up its astonishing verbal beauty and human resonance” to Gioia, who attributes his love for the poem to his Italian and Mexican background...
...another." Last year the group added an extra layer of intimacy to its web of support. Each member took a decorative angel inscribed with her name to the December meeting. Then the women passed the angels around in a circle while one member read a poem. When the poem ended, each woman found herself holding the name--and angel--of her new individual cheerleader. "Your angel is the person who is going to push you even more than the rest of the group. They do the extra and above for you during the year," says Dennison...
...lange of accompaniment styles, particularly the combination of poetry and melancholy song, created an unusual and interesting context for the performance. As the ear heard words of the poem or song, the eye immediately sought a connection with the dancers’ movement. But connections are not ordinarily difficult to find in the abstract world of dance, and “Interiors” was no exception with its dimly veiled aura and somewhat artificial development...