Sentences with phrase «sold on the poem»
I'm not totally sold on the poem itself, but the gesture comes across as a quiet attempt to sneak meaning in, rather than just announcing it.
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From the poem, Venus and Adonis by W. Shakespeare, who seemed to know better than most the difference between, biology and Spirit, what can be bought and sold on any street corner and what is priceless.
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.
His first «published» work was a stapled collection of Maths solutions and poems (he figured nobody would pay for his poems alone) he sold to his classmates in Grade 7, and spent the proceeds on ice cream and comics.
I don't think poets ever expect to make money though — they are doing it for the love of words Some poets sell their chapbooks at live events and that's great as people have already heard the poem, but they are never going to make the bestseller lists Check out http://www.ornaross.com as Orna is a poet and has advice on this type of thing.