On this day,
In 1953, ignoring the advice rendered to his father, Welsh bard Dylan Thomas passed away at the age of 39 whilst on a lecture tour of America, in the Chelsea Hotel in New York, dying of pneumonia brought on by alcoholism.
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #261 #Sylvan stroll
Forsooth we strolled between the trees
no sound appeared there to be heard
no melodic calling of the bird
bushes tremble although no breeze
air cold though sunshine all around
fleabane, hemlock cover the ground
a place where sprites may take their ease.
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Dies Natalis
On this day,
Margaret Mitchell, born 1900, American author of, “Gone with the Wind,” her only book, didn’t she do well.
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #260 #Nursery rhymes for modern times
When Jack and Jill walked up the hill they said it was water they were after but when they got to the crown Jack’s trousers somehow fell down and that caused a great deal of laughter.
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Dies Natalis
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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Dies Natalis
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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Dies Natalis
On this day,
In 1903, Evelyn Waugh, satirical novelist, author of, “Brideshead Revisited.”
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Dies Natalis
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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When the pen takes control. 