Sunday Picnic with Grilled Peaches & Puns

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jjhunter

Sunday, every Sunday, let's have a community picnic. It's probably been a long week, and it's lovely to have a few minutes to sit back and relax and enjoy some good conversation in a less formal space. Feel free to bring something for the Picnic Basket - a poem you liked this week, a thought you had or something you experienced, or even something completely unrelated to poetry whatsoever that you just feel like sharing. Just take a moment to say hello, and maybe have a bite to eat; no one is going anywhere fast, and the shade promises some relief from the everyday heat. Let’s get to know each other a bit better, here under the branches of the poet’s tree.

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From the Archives

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alee_grrl

One of the features we've decided to add to the Sunday Picnic is a thread highlighting older posts. It can be a lot of fun to go back and revisit posts and threads, and for newer members this can be a fun way to explore the archives.

For today's highlight I've chosen this lovely post on Byron's She Walks in Beauty by lynnoconnacht. She includes a bit of trivia about the poem, and a link to a gorgeous musical adaptation.

Re: From the Archives

[infiniteandsmall]

I had to memorize that poem as part of my curriculum in school when I was little (I homeschooled using this "classical curriculum" which placed tons of emphasis on the importance of memorizing poems and saying them in front of various family members. I should be a genius by now. It was such a nice post, but I didn't listen to the music because I've had my own version lilting through my head for years and now that it's coming back I'm afraid to lose it.

Re: From the Archives

[alee_grrl]

I can understand not wanting to loose the music that you've created for it.