Walt Whitman and Breaking Bad
I have recently become addicted to the masterpiece that is Breaking Bad (like I’ve said, I like being late to trends).
Miscellania
“Posthumous Remorse” by Charles Baudelaire
The poem for this week is “Posthumous Remorse” by Charles Baudelaire.
“Poem (Your breath was shed)” by Dylan Thomas
The poem for this week is “Poem (Your breath was shed)” by Dylan Thomas.
Sassy Gay Friend and The Giving Tree
I’ve previously shared the wonderful video in which we all see how Juliet’s life would have been better if she had a sassy gay friend, but how would he have helped The Giving Tree?
“A Daydream” by Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë wrote several poems under the nom de plume, Ellis Bell, one of which being the poem I picked out for the week, “A Daydream”.
Quote of the Week: Tender is the Night
The novel that I am pulling a quote from this week is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night.
Quote of the Week: The Scarlet Letter
The novel that I am quoting this week is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
“Laocoön and His Sons”
The statue “Laocoön and His Sons”, (or as I learned it, “The “Laocoön Group”) is one of the most notable statues of Greco-Roman antiquity.
“Much Madness is Divinest Sense” by Emily Dickinson
The poem for the week is “Much Madness is Divinest Sense” by Emily Dickinson.