Category: Poetry
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Elizabeth’s Favorite Day
This month, I wrote a song for Elizabeth, sung to the tune of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music. Enjoy!
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Ranking the Most Emotionally Clueless Austen Men
(A lighthearted list — Mr. Collins is obvious, but not alone) They say the wrong thing. They entirely miss the point. Sometimes they launch into a long, confident speech, while everyone else wonders if there’s a polite way to make it stop. Many of these moments belong to the Austen men who are not villains.…
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‘To Bay or Not to Bay’: Did Shakespeare Talk Country?
When I was in college, the drama department at the University of Arkansas wanted to do a bang-up job on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” Over the summer, they sent the actor playing the lead role off to study proper enunciation. He returned with an impeccable rendition, but no one anticipated the disconnect for the audience caused by…
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A Springtime Distraction: Austen in Haiku
This has been a challenging spring. My personal life has become consumed with eldercare issues as we find ourselves managing some difficult issues with aging relatives. Without divulging too much, a lot of my time has gone towards these issues, and my writing has suffered accordingly. We have also been doing work on the outside…