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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. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therosecompass/support
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"Anorexic": a poem by Eavan Boland
For the girls who need to know they can love all of themselves, even their fleshy flesh.
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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.
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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.
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"The Death of Marilyn Monroe," a poem by Sharon Olds.
From Olds' collection *The Dead and the Living.*
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Ode to Black History: Past, Present and Future
A reading of "Strange Fruit," written by Lewis Allans and sung by Billie Holiday. #blacklivesmatter
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"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.
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