On this day,
Born in 1795, John Keats, Romantic poet, masterful composer of such well known odes as, famously to a Nightingale and also a Grecian Urn.
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On this day,
Richard Brinsley Sheridan in 1751, playwright best remembered for, “The School for Scandal, “ and, “The Critic.”
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Vitam et Mortem
From yesterday,
Born Oct 28. in 1780, James Boswell, Scottish writer and biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson.
Meanwhile departing this life in 1998, Ted Hughes, who held the post of Poet Laureate for 14 years.
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On this day,
In 1903, Evelyn Waugh, satirical novelist, author of, “Brideshead Revisited.”
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On this day,
Birthdays come thick and fast today.
In 1914, Dylan Thomas, proudly Welsh poet, writer of, “Under Milk Wood,”
In 1932 Sylvia Plath, poet and novelist, formerly the wife of Ted Hughes who committed suicide after their separation.
In 1939, John Cleese, writer and comedian, achieving cult status as a member of the Monty Python team on British television.
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #259 #Morose and Meaningful
The ivy clambers up the walls
broken gutters take their bow
once children’s laughter filled these halls
but all is strangely silent now
look through the broken panes of glass
for many, memories remain
of sitting with their friends in class
until the home bell rings again
for this was once the village school
introducing either fun or fear
for some of whom it gave the tools
to get by throughout their years
while spinsters armed with just kind hearts
instructed all in the three Rs
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Literatus Obitus
On this day,
Geoffrey Chaucer, poet, courtier and diplomat died in 1400 at his home in Westminster Abbey whilst working on a poem about a group of pilgrims journeying to the shrine of Thomas a’Becket and their varied stories.
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Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie #Photo challenge #487
Surely tis the Spring
cranes perform the dance of love
no words are needed
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Ronovan writes #Haiku weekly prompt
Before he can read
the young man knows right from wrong
words can be weapons
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Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #334 # Conscience or cowardice
This story which I shall now relate
of an abbey on an island in a lake
and the tale of a generous potentate
who’s dead wife in the church was laid
so bequeathed to the abbey her silver plate
a gift much welcomed by the old prelate
that was put in the charge of an initiate
but he with the silver did absquatulate
hoping that by night he could escape
then mindful if captured of his likely fate
he left the treasure at the gates
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When the pen takes control. 