tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406084896371405464.post2282012744115813778..comments2023-08-13T09:18:25.194+01:00Comments on Book a Poet: BBC Commission new trailer featuring poetry!Book aPoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07922120825073781929noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406084896371405464.post-79527610997080067802013-02-21T20:36:32.637+00:002013-02-21T20:36:32.637+00:00Have you figured out what the advert is about yet....Have you figured out what the advert is about yet.SShhhh? It truely is the DREAM of dreams.Peace xx...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406084896371405464.post-79868937289269801452013-02-17T09:50:19.886+00:002013-02-17T09:50:19.886+00:00It's Terry Pratchett, the author.It's Terry Pratchett, the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406084896371405464.post-85471532964763367992013-02-16T23:28:21.834+00:002013-02-16T23:28:21.834+00:00Terry pratchetTerry pratchetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406084896371405464.post-85972469920637854902013-02-16T07:46:16.534+00:002013-02-16T07:46:16.534+00:00Its Terry Pratchett, author of the disc world book...Its Terry Pratchett, author of the disc world books and campaigner for assisted dying for the terminally ill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406084896371405464.post-73690120447951177472013-02-13T23:46:27.824+00:002013-02-13T23:46:27.824+00:00Does anybody recognise the man with the beard at 0...Does anybody recognise the man with the beard at 0.46 in the video? It's really annoying i can't remember who he is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406084896371405464.post-27855989318855303712013-02-04T09:42:53.416+00:002013-02-04T09:42:53.416+00:00Hi Viv, thanks for your message - I thought this m...Hi Viv, thanks for your message - I thought this might help you and save you some time! Here is the CENTO - with all lines attributed, as created by Alison Chisholm:<br /><br />Much have I travelled in the realms of gold,<br />And many goodly states and kingdoms seen,<br /> (John Keats - On First Looking into Chapman's Homer)<br />But still<br /> (Edwin Arlington Robinson - Richard Cory) <br />I long to learn <br /> (G. R. S. Mead's translation of The Corpus Hermeticum)<br />tales, marvellous tales<br />Of ships and stars and isles where good men rest,<br /> (James Elroy Flecker - The Golden Road to Samarkand)<br />Of fellow travellers <br /> (Francis Warre Cornish's translation of Catullus, Carmina 46)<br />and the world's expectation.<br /> (William Shakespeare - Venus and Adonis)<br />What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What wild ecstasy?<br /> (John Keats - Ode on a Grecian Urn)<br /><br />We are the music-makers,<br />And we are the dreamers of dreams,<br /> (Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy - We Are the Music-Makers)<br />Step forward<br /> (Walter Savage Landor - Interlude)<br />To feel the blood run through the veins and tingle<br />Where busy thought and blind sensation mingle.<br /> (Percy Bysshe Shelley - Fragment)<br /><br />Come, my friends, 'tis not too late,<br /> (Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Ulysses)<br />For we are the movers and shakers<br />Of the world for ever, it seems;<br /> (Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy - We Are the Music-Makers)<br />To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.<br /> (Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Ulysses)<br /><br />Plus ...<br /><br />Historical note: <br /><br />The earliest centos date from the fourth century AD, and were based on Latin poems, often the work of Virgil.<br /><br />Definitions from books:<br /><br />CENTO<br /><br />A poem made up from passages from poems by one or more authors; a patchwork of quotations; a literary collage; a pastiche (in the sense of being a mixture of poetic excerpts.)<br /><br />The Poetry Dictionary - John Drury<br /><br /><br />CENTO<br /><br />A literary composition, especially a poem, of lines or parts from the writings of established authors, and with a meaning and message different from the original.<br /><br />The Reader's Encyclopedia - William Rose Benet<br /><br /><br />On-line definitions: <br /><br />Poetic Form: Cento <br /><br /><br />From the Latin word for "patchwork," the cento (or collage poem) is a poetic form made up of lines from poems by other poets. Though poets often borrow lines from other writers and mix them in with their own, a true cento is composed entirely of lines from other sources. Early examples can be found in the work of Homer and Virgil. (website - The Academy of American Poets)<br /><br /><br />CENTO<br />A poem consisting only of lines from other poems. This, from the Italian word for patchwork, is almost a technique rather than a form, especially as it can be of any length, and any metre, and need not rhyme; however, as the finished poem is referred to as a cento, just as a sonnet is called a sonnet, it is a form.<br /><br />(website - The Poetry Archive)<br /><br />Book aPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922120825073781929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406084896371405464.post-58032569612955904302013-02-02T13:37:53.484+00:002013-02-02T13:37:53.484+00:00I searched high and wide, emailed the bbc and aske...I searched high and wide, emailed the bbc and asked friends on my blog, but answer came there none. I managed to identify the O'Shaughnessy and the Tennyson for myself, and printed out the full poems. Then I was directed here by a question in the Radio Times "You Ask Us" column. Now I can go search out the originals!<br /><br />I have occasionally written cento poems, but always feel slightly uncomfortable about stealing other poets' work. The fabulous success of your cento makes me look at it differently. I may write more. Thank you.<br /><br />http://vivinfrance.wordpress.comvivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406084896371405464.post-58982584866593330202013-01-31T09:43:38.163+00:002013-01-31T09:43:38.163+00:00The voice over is by Peter Capaldi :)The voice over is by Peter Capaldi :)Book aPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922120825073781929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406084896371405464.post-74694847981464198502013-01-31T09:43:21.877+00:002013-01-31T09:43:21.877+00:00The voice over is by Peter Capaldi :)The voice over is by Peter Capaldi :)Book aPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922120825073781929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406084896371405464.post-80586699915270779542013-01-30T13:52:11.981+00:002013-01-30T13:52:11.981+00:00I don't know, but I will see if I can find out...I don't know, but I will see if I can find out for you! Thank you :)Book aPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922120825073781929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406084896371405464.post-50130448971185554462013-01-29T17:59:07.077+00:002013-01-29T17:59:07.077+00:00Wonderful words put together beautifully but who i...Wonderful words put together beautifully but who is reading the words?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com