If Dorothy Parker's poetry was adapted as a cinematic thriller, we would have a hybrid screenplay already foreshadowed in the work of Alexandra Oliver. Her rhyme schemes flutter formally and fiercely in and out of themselves with, as some readers have noted, “terrifyingly clever, dazzlingly skilled, and chillingly accurate” (Molly…
Ben Ottewell (vocals, guitars), Ian Ball (vocals, guitar), Olly Peacock (drums, synths, computers), Paul "Blackie" Blackburn (bass), Tom Gray (vocals, guitars, keyboards). One of FUV's all-time faves, thanks to their three-man vocal prowess, their crack rhythm section, their complexity, their playfulness, and their excellent late-night company.
Friendship, for poets, has long been grist for the mill. Anyone studying poetry is likely to stumble upon literary friendships – William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge come instantly to mind, but also Charlotte Bronte and Elizabeth Gaskell, the latter of whom penned Bronte’s biography. Molly Peacock’s Friendship, for poets, has long been grist for the mill. Anyone studying poetry is likely to stumble upon literary friendships – William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge come instantly to mind, but also Charlotte Bronte and Elizabeth Gaskell, the latter of whom penned Bronte’s biography. Molly Peacock’s Friendship, for poets, has long been grist for the mill. Anyone studying poetry is likely to stumble upon literary friendships – William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge come instantly to mind, but also Charlotte Bronte and Elizabeth Gaskell, the latter of whom penned Bronte’s biography. Molly Peacock’s