The Rose Compass

The Rose Compass
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The Rose Compass combines poetry readings of known and unknown authors with occasional storytelling and simple theatre performance.

  1. 30/01/2024

    "Anorexic": a poem by Eavan Boland

    For the girls who need to know they can love all of themselves, even their fleshy flesh.

    4 min

  2. 11/11/2023

    Wallace Stevens meets Leon Bridges through me, over coffee.

    This is so weird but you may enjoy it. Mash-up of the lyrics to the song "The Hardest Part," sung by Olivia Dean and Leon Bridges AND (yes, AND!) a reading of "Disillusionment of Ten o'clock" by Wallace Stevens. Djs will make new things out of already good things. Please dance. (#ceintures are not #centaurs) Namaste.

    4 min

  3. 13/09/2023

    Polonius to His Son

    Polonius gives advice to his son Laertes before a venture abroad. No dating advice though. Hmm. 🤔 Let's make all the men in Hamlet women for a while.

    3 min

  4. 26/06/2023

    "The Death of Marilyn Monroe," a poem by Sharon Olds.

    From Olds' collection *The Dead and the Living.*

    2 min

  5. 19/02/2023

    Ode to Black History: Past, Present and Future

    A reading of "Strange Fruit," written by Lewis Allans and sung by Billie Holiday. #blacklivesmatter

    6 min

  6. 16/07/2022

    "Cinderella," a Poetic Retelling by Anne Sexton

    In 1971, Anne Sexton, confessional poet suffering from mental illness and rising in fame, published "Transformations," poetic versions of fairytales she reframes for a modern ear. They are fabulous.

    7 min

  7. 05/04/2022

    I'm Too Hot 🔥 and it is April

    What does Bruno Mars have in common with Chet Baker and the poet Marie Howe and Mary Magdalene? This! My performance art! Everything comes to light! Happy Poetry Month 😘

    9 min

  8. 10/03/2022

    Emily Dickinson Rises Again (with Erica Jong)

    From Erica Jong's collection, *The World Began with Yes*. This poem called "Emily Dickinson: A New Daguerreotype."

    2 min
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The Rose Compass combines poetry readings of known and unknown authors with occasional storytelling and simple theatre performance.

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  • Création
    The Rose Compass
  • Années d’activité
    2020 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    88
  • Classification
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