Word: poetics
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...read TIME's pick of "The World's most Influential People" with great pleasure [May 11]. I found the articles fascinating, even poetic at times--until I got to Ann Coulter's essay on Sarah Palin. All of the other writers praise their candidates without disparaging someone else. Coulter, who in this case insults John McCain, seems incapable of such an approach. Melanie Hart, TROY, MICH...
Others give the credit to Sondheim himself. Director Nunn compares the lyricist's poetic gift and humanism to Shakespeare's. Both men, he says, are "fascinated with the contradictions of human beings, with their complexities and ambiguities. As with Shakespeare, there's heightened poetic expression in Sondheim, but when you dig into it, you find it's in touch with something real." The song "Send in the Clowns" contains not just pretty lyrics, but musings perfectly pitched for the character of Desirée, a glamorous actress pushing 40 and facing what may be her last chance for love...
...Balsillie's allowed to buy the Coyotes and move them to, say, Hamilton, Ontario, the stage would be set for the most poetic and epic Act III that's ever been written: decades after Oilers owner Peter Pocklington sold a country's pride and legacy to a U.S. team, Wayne Gretzky - Canada's living national treasure, whose face will undoubtedly grace currency one day - could be returned to the province of his birth, where a rabid fan base would perpetually pack his team's stadium and the resulting furor would inspire new passion for the game ... and maybe bring home...
...bearded artist says he wants to breathe life into the otherwise inanimate structures. "The Black House evokes the past Thai civilization in a contemporary manner," says Thawan. "I try to bring the spirit, heart and soul in their life [into the pieces]." His 33-year-old project is a poetic work in progress: he has plans for another five houses, to be completed within three years...
...indeed been one of many dimensions. Though he chuckles when asked why he thinks he’s receiving the award (“Somebody at Harvard must think I do something for the ‘public good.’”), he notes the poetic justice of capping his career with a medal from the institution where he got his start. “It’s very nice to get something from Harvard, where I set out from long ago,” he says. “There is a certain symmetry...