THE INSTALLMENT PLAN– Verse for Passover and Easter
Posted on 18. Apr, 2011 by Ann in Journal, The Installment Plan
April may be cruel. It certainly seems so here in Toronto where we are still seeing gusts of snow in mid-April. But this week, many around the world are celebrating the great religious festivals of Passover or Easter. And April is Poetry Month. For some years now, I have subscribed to The Borzoi Reader from Knopf. [...]
THE INSTALLMENT PLAN – Twice Shy, by Seamus Heaney
Posted on 02. Mar, 2011 by Ann in The Installment Plan, Toronto Pursuits
Twice Shy by Seamus Heaney Her scarf a la Bardot, In suede flats for the walk, She came with me one evening For air and friendly talk. We crossed the quiet river, Took the embankment walk. Traffic holding its breath, Sky a tense diaphragm: Dusk hung like a backcloth That shook where a [...]
THE INSTALLMENT PLAN My favourite Christmas story – ever.
Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 by Ann in Journal, The Installment Plan
Whatever your tradition at this time of year, I promise you will be warmed by this classic story. Truman Capote’s childhood memoir is narrated by Capote himself. This Emmy award-winning television version of ”A Christmas Memory” is a faithful recreation of his wonderful short story (first published in Mademoiselle in 1956, later published in book [...]
