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Don’t Worry, Be Happy: canzone
Canto I. Don’t Worry There is no cause for worry or alarm. The world will carry on despite your fears; true love will never languish in the arms of its emotions’ mirror once there found, though those who seek destruction … Continue reading
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Teach Your Children: canzone
Canto I. To educate for revolution’s sake requires a willingness for martyrdom, the sense to learn from every small mistake, and fortitude enough to take what comes when nay-saying begins; and start it will, the moment you step from the … Continue reading
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Tagged canto, canzone, education, Italian verse forms, poetic forms, pointlessness, revolution
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Television: canzone
Canto I (The News): To watch the TV news is to discover that there is nothing new under the sun: a movie star found with a younger lover, convenience store held up by man with gun, insurgents kill more soldiers … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, brainwashing, canzone, daily poems, Italian verse forms, mass media, poetic forms, television
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