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...construction of his poems, in which he often employs straightforward rhyme schemes. His poem “The Swing,” for instance, strictly follows the ballad form. He writes, “the bright sweep of its radar-arc / is all the human dream / handing us from dark to dark / like a rope over a stream.” One can easily hear the oscillating, swing-like rhythm, and this type of melodic accessibility permeates the entire book...
...listen to a fairy tale. The opening poem of the volume, “Two Trees,” tells a story of Don Miguel who grafts an orange tree to a lemon tree. The hybrid orange-lemon tree mysteriously brings forth “two lights in the dark leaves” before it is axed in half by the subsequent owner of the garden. Paterson implies at the end of the poem, that there is no hidden message in this tale: “They were trees, and trees don’t weep or ache or shout...
...Pillowman,” a man, covered to the waist in a rough burlap sack, lies sprawled on a table, while a lone wooden rocking horse rests forgotten in a corner. In this one eerie visual tableau, the play’s thematic juxtaposition of childhood innocence and dark violence is powerfully established. This startling contrast underscores the drama of the entire production. Directed by Ilinca Radulian ’11, and playing at the Loeb Experimental Theater until April 24, “The Pillowman” is a dark and comedic theatrical experience whose character-driven plot comes...
...think that a lot of the time in Harvard theater people choose shows that are obscure, or dark, or have really heavy meaning, and I think that ‘Into the Woods’ has meaning but also a fun, relaxed atmosphere,” Reddout says...
Saturday morning, beneath threatening, dark skies, two ancient foes met for battle in the icy chop of the Charles River Basin. The coxswains’ cries for pressure and precision were audible despite the howling tailwind. And cheers for respective crews echoed from the Mass. Ave Bridge to the battlefield below. But, midway through combat, a piercing crack of hull against hull rattled the air and left one brigade of oarsmen sinking to the icy depths while the other advanced victorious...