sonnets
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This Valentine’s Day, Use Your Words!
What truly says “I love you” to your Valentine? A fancy dinner out? Good luck getting a table, or avoiding romantic indigestion as you navigate the desperate crush of other romance seekers. A box of chocolates? Hardly original, and not exactly helpful with our New Year’s resolutions. Do diamonds speak louder than words? Nope – not even close: … Continue reading
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FIRST FOLIO! From You Have I Been Absent in the Spring: Of Shakespeare and the Sonnet
When forty winters shall besiege thy brow (Sonnet 2) Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface (Sonnet 6) Not marble nor the gilded monuments (Sonnet 55) Full many a glorious morning have I seen (Sonnet 33) One glorious morning before April has fled, perhaps, you will mosey on down to the Central Library, with ticket in… Continue reading