Somewhere, the other day, I read a quote which went something like you can’t turn back time but you can look at the past in ways that make it better. Could be a misquote and my thanks to whoever said it. Tonight at the wonderful Man Booker celebration event (10th one) at the Downpatrick Library, [...]
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Re-imagining & the Man Booker Shortlist
Posted in The Importance of Place, tagged about writing poetry, historical fiction, LadyN, Man Booker Prize, writing on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rodin: and a world ignorant of the Inferno
Posted in The Importance of Place, tagged about writing poetry, Classical education, Divine Comedy, LadyN, poetry, Poulnabrone, Rodin, the Inferno, translation, writing on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It said in the literature that he always carried a battered copy of Dante’s Divine Comedy in his pocket. I love Rodin’s sculptures – particularly the dancers. But in the garden of the Rodin Museum, we looked at the sculpture of Ugolino devouring his children and we asked ‘what’s that about?’. Why is it that [...]
On the importance of place
Posted in The Importance of Place, tagged Hazlitt, LadyN, place, poetry, Strangford Lough, Tomas Trantromer, writing on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a long story. It began with trying to find poetry about or which referenced Strangford Lough. In searching, I discovered poets seem to write about somewhere else so I began to look for poets who came to visit. Keats had a brief walk from Donaghadee to Belfast in 1818. He and his walking companion had hoped [...]
