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No Time Like Today: dithyramb
Oh, come and get your revel on: laissez bon temps roulez! Catch this moment before it’s gone, ’til sorrow’s back to dwell upon. Parade and dance across the lawn! There’s no time like today! Imagine yourself some great chief: laissez … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, Carnival, dithyramb, jubilee, Mardi Gras, poetic forms, revelry, social status
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Join the Circus: a dithyramb
But lo! The circus is in town! That crazy band of freakish friends who drink and laugh too much, too loud, and take leave of their senses: Tra-la-la-hoo de dah dee lah! Hey! What dancing they will make, as down … Continue reading
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Tagged celebration, dithyramb, drunkenness, poetic forms, revelry, sobriety
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