Simon Fortin

« Begin afresh, afresh, afresh ». Actor. Playwright. Scholar. Reader. Dog lover. Lover. Will travel for good poetry. And anything Shakespeare.

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Happy Birthday (119th!), dear Sir.

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@DropAPinShow The Mariana Islands? Named after Queen Mariana of Austria.

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@bluhue123 ✋

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@Weinsteinlaw @StephenAtHome @colbertlateshow Stephen Colbert is a national treasure; this is not the end. New opportunities await. Yet, shame on CBS.

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Meryl Streep performing “She’ll Be Back” in Into the Woods, 2014. 💙

Stephen Sondheim wrote this song exclusively for Meryl for the film, but they deleted it from the final cut. Such a shame!

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Romantic painters didn’t just confront mortality—they transformed it into something sublime.

How did they stare into the abyss of death and find, not despair, but poetry?

… continue reading 🧵⬇️

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@MayaCPopa A most accomplished piece of writing, with a wink to Bishop’s The Fish. I love this.

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Listen to the warning from @MargaretAtwood. This has played throughout history and looks like it is repeating itself. Be ready to call them out.
#DemVoice1 #DemsUnited

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@MayaCPopa And the fall of this poem is a splendor.

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@mrralphfiennes Merry Christmas. Your performance in Conclave is pure poetry. This economy, this weariness in the gaze, this magical and troubling presence. This quiet storm, this living paradox. A true lesson. Thank you.

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@kylenabecker What petty comments from a journalist. Your readers deserve better.

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AI will be incredible

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Today's Poetry Thread: WITNESSING

Feel free to add poems that speak of—or embody—poetry's role in an often dark world.

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La minute film cultissime ✨

« Out of Africa » de Sydney Pollack
Avec Meryl Streep et Robert Redford sur une musique de John Barry

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Alan Bennett at 90: ‘What will people think? I don’t care any more’ https://t.co/5fxosl85XS

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@chrissietee @WeAreTUDublin @ThePhDPlace @PhD_Genie Brava!