Thanks for the poem, Pierre, and thanks too, Alison,
for the link to your update and, yes, I read your
previous post on the Rachel Corrie/NYTW debate and was
interested to hear George Hunka's podcast on the
situation with the censorship of the play, very
powerful,
Best,
Rebecca
--- Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Gorgeous - thanks Pierre -
>
> Btw, for those interested, an update on the Rachel
> Corrie/NYTW debate at my
> blog - http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
>
> A
>
> On 4/3/06 2:53 AM, "Pierre Joris"
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Last night I started my graduate seminar by
> reading Shelley:
> >
> > ENGLAND IN 1819
> >
> > An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King;
> > Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
> > Through public scorn,‹mud from a muddy spring;
> > Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know,
> > But leechlike to their fainting country cling
> > Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow.
> > A people starved and stabbed in th'untilled field;
> > An army, whom liberticide and pprey
> > Makes a two-edged sword to all who wield;
> > Golden and sanguine laws which tempt and slay;
> > Religion Christless, Godless‹a book sealed;
> > A senate, Time's worst statute, unrepealed‹
> > Are graves from a glorious Phantom may
> > Burst, to illumine our tempestuous day.
>
>
>
> Alison Croggon
>
> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
> Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
>
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com
|