Tag Archives: Shakespeare

Poetry Month

Posted on April 28, 2025 by PB Rippey

“We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.” — William Butler Yeats I’ve had lots of quarrels with myself these past few weeks, none of them poetic, but enough so that I forgot April … Continue reading →

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Healing By Degrees (FB Edition)

Posted on February 18, 2017 by PB Rippey

“What wound did ever heal but by degrees?” —-WS, Othello  I’m talking Snapchattish-brief degrees. My impatience won out. I weeded Facebook ‘friends’ after the election and the first peaceful march–in which I marched, peacefully, surrounded by like minds. After this weeding and … Continue reading →

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Quote For The Weekend (The “I Totally Forgot” Edition)

Posted on September 3, 2012 by PB Rippey

Finally going to read the book. The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing – rare but profound – remains at the true heart of the enterprise. … Continue reading →

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