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Honey Bee

Posted on December 9, 2014 by sabasabas

Honey Bee by Saba Bennett Hovering, careening, preening, Beguiled by heavy petals gleaming – Alighting for an instant, lucky flower Timeless tongue flicks, honeyed hour Sticky pistils, pollen-smeered Smiling bee, glistening beard Darts off into the yellow fog of noon Yawning … Continue reading →

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Barbie Era

Posted on September 4, 2013 by sabasabas

Today, my students wrote about beauty. They’d been reading John Donne’s elegies, several of which are satirical poems which form a literary antithesis to Shakespeare’s sonnets. They are, in fact, hilarious: “Such are the sweat drops of my mistres’ breast, … Continue reading →

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Let Them Eat Popcorn

Posted on August 30, 2013 by sabasabas

Woody Allen’s new movie, Blue Jasmine, sent me into paroxysms of literary glee. His paean to Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire hit all of its marks and then some. I fully expect Cate Blanchett to win an Oscar for … Continue reading →

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Privacy#notanissue#

Posted on August 14, 2013 by sabasabas

  Trapwire, NEC networks, smartphones as tracking devices, drones, wiretapping, spycams…our Cowardly New World seems to know no boundaries where privacy is concerned. This morning, my students and I were discussing spying as a motif in Hamlet, and extended the … Continue reading →

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