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In London’s Marylebone, A Rare $31.4 Million Penthouse Comes To Light
Occupying a full city block, Marylebone Square (completed 2023) fits into the villagey vibe of its namesake London…
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/83270/
https://www.europesays.com/britain/83270/ In London’s Marylebone, A Rare $31.4 Million Penthouse Comes To Light #ChristinaRossetti #ConcordLondon #ForbesGlobalProperties #London #Marylebone #MaryleboneHighStreet #MaryleboneSquare #Penthouse
Another charity shop book find. Quite pleased with these. The Time Machine features a 3D cover and includes 3D glasses. Obviously, the Christina Rossetti book includes the Goblin Market. #charityshop #christinarossetti #hgwells #bookstodon #goblinmarket #TheTimeMachine #physicalmedia #books
“With stillness that is almost Paradise.
Darkness more clear than noonday holdeth her,
Silence more musical than any song;”
- Christina Rossetti, 1862
Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti seems rather apt indeed.
Re-reading in full was eye opening. Swap out the Fae for big tech and it's rather apt.
It takes a cost to leave the walled gardens of Big Tech. But we must.
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44996/goblin-market
Light In The Dark
The unceasing tumult of insane happenings continue rolling in, like a relentless pounding of waves threatening to drown us all. It’s enough to make you look for even the slightest glimmer of light in the darkness.
I’m not sure such a glimmer exists. To my way of thinking what’s happening can only continue to get worse until something, anything breaks in a way that no one is going to be able to control. It’s wretched enough that I find myself hoping that happens each morning.
The history of humankind proves that however this reaches a conclusion, that climax and its denouement will make its crescendo seem almost palpably tame by comparison. And, as we’ve proven and continue to prove, we’re certainly no smarter and no better than those who’ve screwed things up in the past.
Sorry for the bleakness. But it’s how I’m feeling things in the middle of this cold, darkening winter. These days reminds me of the first stanza of Christina Rossetti’s poem, originally published in 1872 under the title A Christmas Carol.
In the bleak midwinter
frosty wind made moan,
earth stood hard as iron,
water like a stone:
snow had fallen,
snow on snow, snow on snow,
in the bleak midwinter,
long ago.
Although today does not feel so long ago.
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In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow
in the bleak midwinter, long ago
Ooteoote-serie Poetry in motion, 541: Christina Rossetti, In the bleak midwinter (A Christmas carol)
https://bit.ly/PIM541-rossetti
#poëzie #animatie #muziek #Christmascarol #Kerstmis #ChristinaRossetti #Inthebleakmidwinter
THE ROSE with Meridian, conducted by my wife Irene Messoloras at the Voces8 Centre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSxqvLFjR68
Poem by Christina Rossetti – Von Ola Gjeilo
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Thank you 2024, Welcome 2025
Every Sunday, I head over to Dave’s place, “Dave Astor on Literature”, to meet up with friends and talk about books. Dave’s recent post “The Winter of Our Book Content”, discussed the theme “winter” in books.
Winter is a perfect topic for the end of December. But as I am wont to do, my comment response digressed. Rather than discussing books, I reflected on winter in terms of poetic words.
A couple of days ago, an e-mail landed in my inbox which featured Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Snowflake-Flake” which happens to be one of my most favourite winter poem. I have goosebumps when I read the opening words:
Out of the bosom of the Air,
Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,
Over the woodlands brown and bare,
Over the harvest-fields forsaken,
Silent, and soft, and slow
Descends the snow.
Winter has long been a muse for poets, evoking imagery of snow-covered landscapes and the quiet beauty of the season. I think of Christina Rossetti and Robert Frost who beautifully capture the essence of winter in their works. Rossetti’s “In the Bleak Midwinter” reflects on the serene yet stark nature of the season, while Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” paints a vivid picture of a snowy evening’s tranquility. Poets seem to have an affinity with winter. I think of William Wordsworth with his poem “The Prelude” and John Keats’s poem” In drear nighted December”. Both poems offer a contemplative perspective on nature’s cycles.
Welcome 2025Thank you, dear friends, for an amazing year of books, discussions and connections. I think of Robert Frost’s words as we say goodbye to 2024 and welcome 2025:
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
I look forward to the miles ahead!
Rebecca
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While “In the Bleak Midwinter” is about the nativity, it’s setting is in the winter which doesn’t line up with the generally accepted time of Christ’s birth (springtime. Also, it rarely snows in Palestine, even less so in the spring??) and some have theorized that the use of “winter” is a metaphor but.. who knows what Rossetti was thinking
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“In the Bleak Midwinter” is an 1872 poem by English Pre-Raphaelite poet Christina Rossetti (December 5, 1830 – December 29, 1894), who’s is mostly known for her devotional and children’s poetry.
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Today is the birthday of #ChristinaRossetti, #JoanDidion & #HanifKureishi!
Isn't it striking that both Didion & Kureishi have a book called the black / white album, respectively?
If you prefer more colourful reads, here are our illustrated editions of Rossetti‘s "Goblin Market"
Laura, Lizzie et les Hommes-Gobelins, aux éditions "la ville brûle"
Coup de cœur pour ce magnifique petit livre à la couverture en toile rouge et or, offert par une amie chère 🥰 qui l’a fait dédicacer.
Une traduction libre et envoûtante du poème de Christina Rossetti, "Goblin Market", par Clémentine Beauvais, et mise en valeur par les illustrations Diglee.
Elle offre une interprétation féministe de ce poème victorien sur l’initiation à la sensualité et la confrontation à la violence.
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Un 29 de diciembre muere en Londres,
🪶#ChristinaRossetti (1830-1894)
Narradora y posiblemente la poeta británica más popular de su época.
Después, pasó años de olvido,
resurgiendo con fuerza a finales del XX,
aunque ahora, por aquí, parece volver a estar bastante desatendida 😥
I just discovered that my maternal grandmother shared a birthday with Christina Rossetti!!
Both born on 5th December (Rossetti in 1830 and my grandmother in 1919), Rossetti lived in #Frome between March 1853 and April 1854 to help her mother run a school that was unsuccessful so they moved back to London.
It was lovely to find this out today. We were thinking about Nanny on her birthday just 2 days ago!
Sources: discoverfrome.co.uk
, britannica.com
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Great to see poets' drafts and manuscripts getting attention. Need to get a copy of this new book.
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« In The Quiet Skies »
The fifth chapter of « Written In The Stars, » the track depicts a turning point in the course of events, wherein energies of the past are released, allowing a new beginning to unfold.
Originally released two years, minus one day, ago…
https://poligraf.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-quiet-skies
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This poem was inspired by the Christina Rossetti poem “The Convent Threshold” and I encourage you to read that poem if you haven’t already and then mine.
The Plight of Christina's Woman
©️ Nona Rose 2011
Can you see the stairs before me,
Leading up to solemn stars
Clothed in midnight, coal, oily black
And staring back with that conviction
That's eating into my heart and soul
As only those pious and lofty ones can
Am I treading these boards alone,
My love, my darling, lovely, cherished love,
Whose arms enclose me as I sleep
And when I wake, take me in such tender embrace
That angels blush when they catch sight
And turn their heads for holy shame?
🌹
If you’d like to read the rest of this poem, follow the link below. Let me know your thoughts, feelings, observations.
https://nonas-poetry-corner.blogspot.com/2011/02/plight-of-christinas-woman.html?m=0
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Haven't heard it yet? Join us in Christina Rossetti's mysterious, unsettling poem Goblin Market, on KCBP Radio!
Tune in to KCBP 95.5 FM at 6 p.m. (PST) and stay tuned for special bonus content from the wondrous dream worlds of Christina Rossetti and Lewis Carroll (or catch up online @ https://kcbpradio.org) - & spread the word!
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Something I've been working on with @PennyBloodPodcast, now on KCPB Radio this weekend & Tuesday: Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market!Tune in to KCBP 95.5 FM at 6 p.m. PST to catch this episode with bonus content (or online @ https://kcbpradio.org) - & spread the word! YAY!
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Victorian Literature – The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB): A Quick Guide | UGC NET English
Learn about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB), its origins, members, ideas, major works, and influence on Victorian literature and art. Quick UGC NET English notes.https://litdiscourse.wordpress.com/2023/04/15/the-pre-raphaelite-brotherhood-prb/
This is a bench with an extract from a book by local poet and author Christina Rossetti, wife of Gabriel Dante Rossetti. They resided in #Hastings for a while. Here she describes my beloved Hastings Country Park which sits on the clifftops above the sea ... and in the height of summer, it still rings true today ... and I think it's just beautiful. #words #poem #christinarossetti #nature #wildlife #countryside #bench #beauty
#SciFiPrompt "Goblin"
While possibly an allegory,
My poem tells a children’s story,
Critiques the mores of the times
With vivid and irregular rhymes,
Alludes to lust, forbidden fruits
And flesh force-fed by groping brutes
That’s purchased in a plethora,
Refused by Lizzie, craved by Laura.
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LAULU LENNOSTA
Christina Rossetti(1830-1894)
https://satruno.blogspot.com/2020/02/lennon-laulu-christina-rossetti-1830.html
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KOLME VUODENAIKAA
Christina Rossetti(1830-1894)
https://satruno.blogspot.com/2020/02/kolme-vuodenaikaa-christina-rossetti.html
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This week's poetry post on my blog presents Christina Rossetti's "A Christmas Carol", a.k.a. "In the Bleak Midwinter", one of my favourite carols.
The post includes a simple vocabulary exercise for English language learners, and the link to a lovely new rendition of this poem-turned-church hymn.
https://grammaticus.blog/2022/12/07/rossetti-carol/
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In the bleak mid-winter (Holst, arr. Wilberg) | Carols from King's 2020 on YouTube https://youtu.be/pTzqMi2AQF8
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For all who come
Does the road wind uphill all the way?
~ Christina Rossetti
Yes, to the very end.
Will the day’s journey take the whole long day?
From morn to night, my friend.
Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak?
Of labour you shall find the sum.
Will there be beds for me and all who seek?
Yea, beds for all who come.
slip:4a581,
#7ForSunday #ChristinaRossetti #Quotes