THE ART PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY AND SHAKESPEARE?
We already know that the Art Professor at the University, only known for his profession/office and his equation of the not beautiful with the not useful, is a secondary character, nay, a bit character...
View ArticleTYWIN OF THE LANNISTERS
So the Kuvira filk will have to wait a little longer because of this bunny I had this morning in bed... thinking of that song, of Tywin's rise to power, and of the similarities between both cases....
View ArticleON CHARLES LAMB'S OTHELLO
Only five of the Shakespearean leading characters appear in the Lamb story: Othello, Iago, Desdemona, Emilia, and Cassio. Bianca is fully missing, not even mentioned; while Roderigo is only mentioned...
View ArticleBHH ON OMKARA - THE BOLLYWOOD OTHELLO
Yes, there is such a thing as a Bollywood Othello, set in our days' Uttar Pradesh. In which the title character is a half-caste regional leader (Omkara Shukla, played by Ajay Devgan) and his right-hand...
View ArticleEL FINAL DE LA HOJARASCA
Here are my English and Spanish versions of an assignment I had to do for a course on García Márquez:La hojarasca, The Leaf Storm, ends with the foreshadowing of the whistle of a ghost train and the...
View ArticleKÉTKEDÉSVÁR: THE MAGYAR OTHELLO
The alternate universe centers around the relationship between three characters (later, four) who are enmeshed in a sinister intrigue... The title is Hungarian for Doubting Castle, by the way, and...
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TJUGOFEM
TJUGOFEMEn originell svensk dikt av Sandra Dermarkpâ hennes födelsedagden 31 januari 2017Âterigen den 31 januari, en vändpunkt i mitt liv, ska vara positiv...den här gângen är det frâga om fem plus...
View ArticleTRIVIA ABOUT MISS DERMARK
Due to my recent 25th birthday (on the 31st of January), I have decided to share with my dear readership some interesting facts about yours truly:Miss Dermark is left-handed.Miss Dermark's first name...
View ArticleKLOCKAN ÖVER TOLV
KLOCKAN ÖVER TOLVEn Bellmanssång i haikutappningigendiktad av Sandra DermarkTillägnadLars Dermark, omnämnd i sångenC.M. Bellman, för originalidénEvert Taube, västkustens och 1900-talets store skald,...
View ArticleTHERE WAS AN OLD SAILOR...
There was an old sailor who sat on a rock,laughing and shaking his big hairy...FIST.Now did you like this twist?No one actually expects this Spanish Inquisition!!!
View ArticleRIDDIKULUS!
A few years ago, I talked about some mediatic childhood nightmare fuel of mine, but dropped the creepiest bits that still make me wince or shudder.Note: I am still afraid of some of these characters...
View ArticleJEDER SCHUSS EIN RUSS
In the Baratheon Saga, there is an arc set during the Great War, in which the following propagandistic rhyme can be heard both on and off the front. It's supposed to be a march and a battle cry, so...
View Articlesolsbury hill - delöversättning
SOLSBURY HILL 2.0(This is a partial translation; only the two last stanzas.Detta är en delöversättning; blott de tvâ sista stroferna)Att vara tyst är inte lätt...har lika vänner nu, som förr...att göra...
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THE LOST DOLL
THE LOST DOLLI once had a sweet little doll, dears,the prettiest doll in the world;her cheeks were so red and white, dears,and her hair was so charmingly curled.But I lost my poor little doll, dears,as...
View ArticleNAPOLEON AT LÜTZEN?
Malgré notre tenue sévère, voilà que tout est contre nous ; mais l’armée fait encore des prodiges de valeur. Pour lors se donnent des batailles de montagnes, peuples contre peuples, à Dresde, Lützen,...
View ArticleJUST A LITTLE HAIKU...
Feeling really cold,which keeps irksome thoughts in check,I'll soon go to bed...
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LA NIÑA QUE AMABA LAS FLORES
LA NIÑA QUE AMABA LAS FLORESHabía una vez una niña llamada Netty que vivía con su madre y muchos hermanitos y hermanitas. A la pequeña Netty le encantaban las flores. Le gustaban todos los tipos de...
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POEMA DE UN OVILLO DE LANA
UN OVILLO DE LANASoy un ovillo de lana que regalo alegrías si me llevas contigo,soy como un amigo, ¡cuántas cosas puedes hacer conmigo!Téjeme con agujas, haz conmigo una muñeca, téjeme en un...
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THE ROBBER GIRL'S STORY
The Little Robber GirlOne freezing, dark night in the middle of winter,I was out with my parents on a robbing spree,when we saw a gold carriage that glistened and sparkledas it drove through a forest,...
View ArticleNERONE, CARONTE, FLEGETONTE...
The heatwaves of the Mediterranean summer now have got names!!Nerone (Nero), Caronte (Charon), Flegetonte (Phlegethon), and Acheronte (Acheron) are some of the names Italian weather authorities have...
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