| || irony, waive, pursue, humane, "whoa" is me.
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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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FLN: Sandy ~ Glad you liked the first episode. I think you'll find it gets even more engrossing rather quickly. It is one of those series where you keep changing which character you're rooting for.
No, I haven't watched Cadfael. Do you recommend it? I remember him from I, Claudius of course.
I saw him on stage once--as Prospero at RSC in the mid-70s. He was absolutely riveting, esp. in the big "Abjuration" speech where I swear he went from a simple flat delivery into a 5-octave grand orchestra. Like a great organ, pulling all the stops. He is not a big man, but he seemed a giant when that was done.
The whole auditorium was vibrating for 5 minutes after.
~ OMK
Oh, woe is me. Where did my values slip from this earth
How could a warm and loving soul wave off the gifts of my birth.
As I chased another love the irony was "True love lives at home"
Oh, the humanity*, to pursue a lesser love when true love lives at home.
WC
Of course any resemblance to individuals past, present or future is strictly coincidence. Sandy, care to opine? Not as subject of course but perhaps from your bicycle story.
That story written in simple prose was as moving as any of the poetry seen about these parts.
Loved your verse, Wilbur, especially the delicate way you wove all the Jumble words and solution into the lines.
"Serene Irene"
Irene showed a bit of irony
in the way she handled her prize money.
Publicity she worked hard to waive,
no attention did she crave.
Instead she planned to pursue
doing good to some people she knew.
But ironically she still got real fame
simply for being humane.
In her heart she felt 'Woe is me,'
if never truly humble I'll be.
Good morning all!
I slept right through my "creative" hours, so I believe my bod was telling me to take my vacation for this week.
I certainly feel refreshed for it,
Thanks for starting the poetry for us today, Wilbur, with a nice use of irony. I'm sure Love sometimes begins--and maybe ends?--at home,
Misty ~ ah, to have fame for doing the right thing! For being humane.
You remind me of Charles Lamb's description of the greatest joy to be had:
"To do a good deed in secret--and have it found out!"
~ OMK
OMK, I will continue with Last Tango.
As for Cadfael, I have mixed feelings. Derek Jacob was wonderful as the Benedictine monk cum detective, but you know how it is, when you're a great fan of a series of books, it's hard to accept their reinterpretation on stage or film. And condensing each story into an hour plus never did them justice, I thought. I'm referring to the series of 20 books by Ellis Peters. Not sure whether the book ofshort stories about Cadfael in the beginning is included or that makes 21.I
The 13 episodes filmed are available on Amazon
Prime.
And there is a very informative Wikipedia article called the Cadfael Chronicles, if you're interested.
Wilbur, forgive me, but I'm really not sure what you mean or are referring to. Sorry.
Thanks for the Word on Cadfael, Sandy. I may give it a look. Since I haven't read the original stories, I won't be bothered by any comparisons.
The only problem is that there are so MANY shows on my list to see! How to fit them all in!
I played Prospero myself, much later on. One of the last roles I ever did.
I always felt some hesitation before launching into that speech: ...
Addressing "Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves--"
To remind them of the strength of his magic, how...
" Graves at my command
Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let 'em forth
By my so potent art...."
I knew I couldn't come near the grandeur of Jacobi's rendition, so I feared the speech.
But then I think I found where the dramatic turn occurs--a few brief speeches before the Big Number, when Prospero makes his peace with empathy & Ariel, observing his fairy's sympathy for the villains.
That allowed us two actors to draw the audience to that intimate moment while letting the Big One become more ceremonial--with a visual emphasis on the breaking of my magical staff.
"I'll break my staff,
Bury it certain fathoms in the earth,
And deeper than did ever plummet sound
I'll drown my book."
Sorry to go on. Jumble is full of remembered associations for ol' codgers.
~ OMK
True, OMK, about not having read the books. But the creators of the tv episodes also showed them out of sequence, which may seem trivial, but Edith Pargeter/Ellis Peters wrote her books to incorporate what went before in each new story. Not every event, of course, but relationships developed, and new events were influenced by previous ones. She did enormous amounts of research on that era of the thirteenth century, when Stephen and Matilda were warring over who should rule England, and so her books are -- mostly -- quite accurate. The tv writers did serious modifications to avoid anomalies in character development as well as to ignore some historical accuracy.
Oh well, I am admittedly biased. If you watch any, let me know what you think. And if you are ever motivated to read the books, start with the first, "A Morbid Taste For Bones", which unfortunately doesn't occur until episode seven of the tv series.
Sorry to go on at such length, but these are such excellently researched and written, as well as entertaining, books. Now I'm motivated to start the whole series over again!
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