tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post1013861350018268693..comments2023-10-02T11:48:01.515-04:00Comments on Journey Woman: A Little Poetry for You: Thomas and New ContestNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09565452997974328700noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-23163231230552537652009-11-11T07:53:09.145-05:002009-11-11T07:53:09.145-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-57257598672118876412008-05-28T17:03:00.000-04:002008-05-28T17:03:00.000-04:00DEAR NANCY:I'm Brazilian poet and i make this poet...DEAR NANCY:I'm Brazilian poet and i make this poetry.I hope that you like.<BR/><BR/>THOUSAND MILES<BR/><BR/>Thousand miles <BR/><BR/>Nino Bellieny <BR/><BR/>Today, I don’t wake up <BR/><BR/>My body is invisible, my eyes are closed <BR/><BR/>Today, I don’t be. <BR/><BR/>I stay somewhere distant from me. <BR/><BR/>NINO BELLIENY<BR/>47 AGE<BR/>nino.bellieny@hotmail.com<BR/>ninobellieny.com.br<BR/><BR/>PARDON FOR MY BAD ENGLISH.Our idiom in to Brazil is a Portuguese,but i <BR/>learn English by myself.Soon,is a very,very bad...<BR/>lOVELY,nino.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-19852437094583951892007-09-26T13:58:00.000-04:002007-09-26T13:58:00.000-04:00Bugs Bunny does some of that kind of stuff. There...Bugs Bunny does some of that kind of stuff. There was one cartoon where he's sitting in his rabbit hole, playing a banjo (a BANJO! of all things!) and singing Poe's "The Raven"<BR/><BR/>Then, though this doesn't exactly fit what you're looking for...there's all those times when he calls Elmer Fudd a "Nimrod", which is very tongue in cheek, since Nimrod was an obscure Bible character who was referred to as a "mighty hunter"<BR/><BR/>Oh...and in some episode of Babylon 5, the Narn ambassador quotes parts of Yeats' "The Second Coming"Douglas Twitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749418457475215425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-60073041392529348732007-09-22T09:29:00.000-04:002007-09-22T09:29:00.000-04:00okay, this is so totally cheating, but if you chec...okay, this is so totally cheating, but if you check out any great masterpiece, like "Macbeth," at Wikipedia, you get a slew of cultural references with the main entry. Everything from video games to HBO series.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-21163478991314326292007-09-16T00:07:00.000-04:002007-09-16T00:07:00.000-04:00Gilligan's Island did a musical version of Hamlet,...Gilligan's Island did a musical version of Hamlet, and I have never forgoten the lyrics: <BR/>"Neither a borrower nor a lender be. <BR/>Do not forget; stay out of debt.<BR/>Think twice, and take this good advice from me, <BR/>Guard that old solvency. <BR/>There’s just one other thing you ought to do, <BR/>To thine own self be true."Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664642293286996220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-40335976308687815302007-09-15T11:13:00.000-04:002007-09-15T11:13:00.000-04:00I've posted it on my blog as well : http://abookwo...I've posted it on my blog as well : http://abookwormsdiary.blogspot.com/2007/09/poetry-and-contest.htmlRashmihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697648988688059076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-67193772436627940902007-09-15T11:01:00.000-04:002007-09-15T11:01:00.000-04:00Ah, my brain wheels are churning! One touching mom...Ah, my brain wheels are churning! <BR/>One touching moment I recall is Naomi Watts in Le Divorce reading a poem about love in marriage even as her husband leaves her for another woman. Woody Allen's movies also have poetry galore. One made deft use of Emily Dickinson, I forget which. In Willy Wonka there were some mentions of Shakespeare and Out of Africa also had some poetry. And I seem to remember Homer Simpson once rapping about a tomato(?)Rashmihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697648988688059076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-31902564512468293002007-09-15T08:51:00.000-04:002007-09-15T08:51:00.000-04:00My favorite unexpected poetry moment came during a...My favorite unexpected poetry moment came during a commercial break for Super Bowl XXXIV, when Monster.com quoted from Robert Frost's "A Road Not Taken".<BR/>http://about.monster.com/roadnottaken/<BR/><BR/>You'd better believe I pointed that out to students the following day!dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292813474160548707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-87127911754963685492007-09-15T06:39:00.000-04:002007-09-15T06:39:00.000-04:00Oh and I Blogged about it !Oh and I <A HREF="http://scholar-blog.blogspot.com/2007/09/high-culture-meets-popular-culture.html" REL="nofollow">Blogged</A> about it !Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-41725119610660311902007-09-15T06:24:00.000-04:002007-09-15T06:24:00.000-04:00"Doctor Who": Season 1 - we had a meeting with Cha..."Doctor Who": Season 1 - we had a meeting with Charles Dickens (doing his "A Christmas Carol" one-man show) in "The Unquiet Dead"; Season 3 - we had a meeting with Shakespeare (lots of quotations in "The Shakespeare Code", plus references to Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle", Harry Potter and the "Back to the Future" fims - talk about giving me a Nerdgasm !), poetry quotations from T S Eliot in "The Lazarus Experiment", and part of Laurence Binyon's "For The Fallen" at the end of "The Family of Blood". In addition there were the episodes with historical themes (The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, Tooth and Claw, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Idiot's Lantern, Evolution of the Daleks/Daleks in Manhattan, and Human Nature/Family of Blood).<BR/><BR/>And that doesn't include the many, many meetings with literary and/or historical characters that were scattered throughout the Classic Who series.<BR/><BR/>Plus which, David Tennant's going to be playing in "Hamlet" and "Love's Labour's Lost" next summer/autumn - that's bound to get at least a few non-Shakespeare fans into the theatre !Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-61656924880461874842007-09-14T18:13:00.001-04:002007-09-14T18:13:00.001-04:00Thanks for the post Kelly!Thanks for the post Kelly!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09565452997974328700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-13055324170449276512007-09-14T18:13:00.000-04:002007-09-14T18:13:00.000-04:00Cloudscome, I don't watch the Simpsons, so feel fr...Cloudscome, I don't watch the Simpsons, so feel free to be the first to use that for specific examples.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09565452997974328700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-10797725639446171542007-09-14T18:12:00.001-04:002007-09-14T18:12:00.001-04:00Sara, you brought it here first, so thanks! That ...Sara, you brought it here first, so thanks! That was worth watching.<BR/><BR/>Kelly, the Sting one is perfect. Love it!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09565452997974328700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-26844945954853845522007-09-14T18:12:00.000-04:002007-09-14T18:12:00.000-04:00Oh, and I posted about it chez moi: http://kellyrf...Oh, and I posted about it chez moi: http://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/233621.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-48405645727488137642007-09-14T18:07:00.000-04:002007-09-14T18:07:00.000-04:00There was the use of Walt Whitman and Shakespeare ...There was the use of Walt Whitman and Shakespeare in Dead Poets' Society, but I'm thinking that may fall into the Sense & Sensibility category.<BR/><BR/>Sting quotes from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 in "Nothing Like the Sun". He takes the line "my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" and switches up the conclusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-33656029605240344952007-09-14T16:40:00.000-04:002007-09-14T16:40:00.000-04:00Well, there was the Wordsworth rap that Fuse8 foun...Well, there was the Wordsworth rap that Fuse8 found, but she should get the credit for that hilarious bit, not me. Link: http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2007/05/video-sunday-poetry-misc.htmlSarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30845563.post-52723898124870798762007-09-14T15:20:00.000-04:002007-09-14T15:20:00.000-04:00Of course I thought of the Simpsons first. What a...Of course I thought of the Simpsons first. What a great contest!Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.com