On this day,
Robert Browning, English poet who wrote, “The Last Duchess,” died in 1889
While 1821 saw the birth of Gustavia Flaubert, French novelist , author of, “Madame Bovary.”
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Dies Natalis
On this day,
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, in 1918, the Russian author of many novels and stories including , “Cancer Ward, and the perhaps semi-autobiographical novel, “The Gulag Archipelago,”, he was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1970.
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Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #341 #Reflecting on Rorkes Drift
There were only about three hundred of us left. Despite being armed with the finest rifles that Queen Victoria’s British army could provide they had been no match for the crude assegais and shields of the thousands of proud Zulu warriors. At dusk the fighting stopped and the only sound was the rhythm of their drums, incessant in the darkness. Despite exhaustion we could not afford to sleep.
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Dies Natalis
On this day,
In 1830, the wonderful, prolific American poet, Emily Dickinson who had only seven poems published during her lifetime.
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Vitam et Mortem
On this day,
Born in 1608, John Milton, poet and author of, “Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained.”
In 1964, English poet Dame Edith Sitwell died aged 77, a leading light of the 1920s avant-garde.
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Literatus Obitus
On this day,
In 1980, John Lennon, singer, songwriter and poet, former member of the Beatles is shot and killed whilst walking with his wife to their New York apartment.
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #265
Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A …
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #265
Oh, dear,dear,dear.
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Literatus Obitus
On this day,
In 1870, the death of Alexandre Dumas pere, author of, “The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers,” swashbuckling tales of derring do.
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Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #340 #A science lesson
Long realised by everyone
our planet revolves round the sun
but do they ever take the trouble
to notice that it tends to wobble
and this we find is the main reason
why we have the things called seasons
and if it did not tilt at about twenty degrees
one half would bake and the other would freeze
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Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #339 #Troubled couple
With all the news and television footage
of those who have been kicked out of Frogmore cottage
it would not come as much of a surprise
if most of what we see or hear are lies
but even with no embellishment
they’re a disgrace to the establishment
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When the pen takes control. 