Sentences with phrase «powerful poem by»

Last year a student introduced the class to «Tamara's Opus,» this powerful poem by Joshua Bennett:

Not exact matches

There is a definite temptation to begin this review by writing (or at least trying) a verdict in haiku, the traditional Japanese way of writing poems that don't rhyme but are nevertheless powerful and moving.

Scored lightly by a series of Brian Eno compositions, The Jacket is an apocalyptic poem of love and loss that's unusually wise about its visual vocabulary — about ways of looking, the line between dreaming and reality, and how eyes on film can be a powerful and elastic metaphor for the audience engaged in a kind of liquid dreaming.

Among the other fiction films to look for in theaters or on VOD: John Michael McDonagh's Calvary, in which Brendan Gleeson gives a beautifully modulated performance as a dedicated priest who is no match for the disillusionment of his parishioners and the rage of another inhabitant of his Irish seaside village, determined to take revenge against the priesthood for the sexual abuse he suffered as a child; the desultory God Help the Girl, the debut feature by Stuart Murdoch (of Belle and Sebastian), all the more charming for its refusal to sell its musical numbers; Tim Sutton's delicate, impressionistic Memphis, a blues tone poem that trails contemporary recording artist Willis Earl Beal, playing a character close to himself who's looking for inspiration in a legendary city that's as much mirage as actuality; and two horror films, Jennifer Kent's uncanny, driving psychodrama The Babadook, with a remarkable performance by child actor Noah Wiseman, and Ana Lily Amirpour's less sustained A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, which nonetheless generates some powerful political metaphors.

It's especially wonderful that children want to express themselves by creating poems, since poetry can be such a powerful way to connect with the world and to better understand oneself.

Lately we've been especially moved by stories like this one from a young woman who calls for a support system she can trust, this powerful poem from a student about the Oakland he knows, and this one about how a young scholar wants to learn not just memorize.

The title of this impressive and emotionally powerful novel is inspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem «We Wear the Mask» (1896): «We wear the mask that grins and lies...»

«A poem is a small but powerful thing,» he says in his thought - provoking preface while noting that, throughout his life, he's been inspired by poetry.

Let's Go Home is a powerful poem written and performed by artist Steve Connell that brings forth a new way to look at the place people call a shelter.

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou - Rahme's immersive project And yet my mask is powerful (2016) takes its lead from a poem by Adrienne Rich, «Diving into the Wreck», written in 1971 - 72.

The Holzer installation includes poems by Mexico's Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz, verses from contemporary Mexican female poets, and a selection of powerful passages from Frida Kahlo's own diary.

Hence colonisation, the uprooting of populations and even human trafficking itself are dealt with in this exhibition, in complex, colourful and powerful forms, into which everyone can delve and find meaning, illustrated by metaphorical titles written like poems.

Quite honestly, I'd much rather read a poem by a Native American, witness an earth dance from an aboriginal tribe, sing along with a powerful lyric by Neil Young or Bonnie Raitt (or scientist) than try to wade through a scientific paper most lay people couldn't even begin to understand.