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My Three Hoboes by Vernon Scannell (poetry reading)
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The stills are from the movie Death in Venice (1971) by Luchino Visconti A trull is a prostitute. The font is called hobo - it's a free download. In the bullion bar of a bright hotel I gave three tramps a splendid feed. Though I was poor, I fed them well, Knowing the acreage of their greed. All...
Ogres and Pygmies by Robert Graves (poetry reading)
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The term Pygmy comes form Greek mythology. It was later used to descibe an ethic group and, when used in that way, is considered pejorative. That is not the meaning intended here. Political correctness changes with the times and it is impossible to make literature from former times fit the...
Sonnet 110 Alas, 'tis true... by William Shakespeare (poetry reading)
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Will is apologising for being a naughty boy and pleading with his old flame to take him back. Beware of the most obvious meaning, he might just have been neglecting an old friend, not a lover in the sexual sense. Here's a paraphrase I wrote in modern colloquial speech with a few ambiguous words...
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