Word: poetics
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...post-colonial Cameroon and centers on a French colonialist’s daughter, who must make sense of the uneven racial landscape. “Beau Travail,” which won Denis global acclaim and various awards at a number of prestigious film festivals, is the poetic recollection of a former Foreign Legion officer in Djibouti. Based on Herman Melville’s “Billy Budd,” and set to Benjamin Britten’s opera of the same title, “Beau Travail” is no traditional war film. Scenes...
...select just one article on the election for a time capsule, it would be Gibbs' brilliant, poetic piece. It was just what we all needed after election night to put our hopes and fears into perspective and face the day, the week and the years ahead. Congratulations. Patricia A. Hoopes, Madison, Wisconsin...
...extended tracks and three that weren’t on the original album, but most importantly, it captures one of Reed’s sharpest live performances ever (he’s notorious for his spotty live shows). Backed by a large musical ensemble, Reed delivers his poetic lines with an enthusiasm equal to the task. And while his voice shows signs of weather from years of abuse, it doesn’t hurt the songs a bit. The recording quality is pitch perfect throughout, and many of the album’s most poignant moments have benefited from...
...strong oak who has bloomed to full maturity. Your thick limbs are laden with leaves of crimson and scarlet hue! You are in the full glory of your autumn! Your pendulous breasts swing like overripe fruit!” Satisfied that he had spouted an ode of the highest poetic order, he skipped down the hall to fetch the Bible from his library.Felicity stood rooted in place, stunned and shaking. What did he mean by full maturity? She was a tender blossom! Strong? She was as delicate as a daffodil! Granted she did not faint as easily as that virginal...
It’s time to dust off the cover of “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran. This slim volume of poetic essays is most likely to be found on your parents’ bookshelf—if they were hippies—or in a New Age second-hand bookshop redolent of old incense. Although the bookflap boasts that Gibran is the “3rd bestselling poet” in the world (after William Shakespeare and Lao Tse), his works, including his masterpiece “The Prophet,” have largely sunk...