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Three hilarious lessons in poetry and beauty

Submitted by weirdelf on Fri, 2012-11-23 17:49

They're short, do check them out. The Subject of Language
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHQ2756cyD8

Beauty and Ideas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RQzRhH67Q0

Poetry Prize
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx_YY_frOvQ

Many of you won't recognise the skinny guy, he is House MD and he is English, but Stephen Fry clearly wrote these 3 sketches and he also wrote the invaluable
"The Ode Less Travelled", which I recommend to anyone as a poetry handbook.

love and lively language,
Jess

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Ian.T

Thu, 2012-11-29 03:58

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Thanks for the links to Steven Fry they are so worth watching, he runs a TV series called QI at the moment which if you get the chance is quite a fun programme, they play on many things there..
Yours Ian.T

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Seren

Thu, 2012-11-29 05:04

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Throughly enjoyed Fry and Laurie make me laugh loved all three in a sense in a sense in a sense :P

love n hugs JC x

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weirdelf

Thu, 2012-11-29 09:55

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It says something that Laurie, the fall guy, became the highest paid actor ever on American television.

On the plus side Fry is pretty successful too.

QI doesn't engage me because it never gives any issue more than a few glib quips.

cheers,
Jess
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