Tag Archives: SHAKESPEARE

6 dead poets & 2 undead ones: The most popular poems read at Aussie Weddings and Funerals

Posted on by
1

I asked Google Gemini, “What are the most popular poems read at weddings in Australia?” I can’t say how Gemini knows this. Perhaps Aussies search for these  ‘wedding poems’ on Google.

Popular Poems at Weddings:

“Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare: Died 1616

“i carry your heart with me” by E.E. Cummings: Died 1962

“The Art of Marriage” by Wilferd Arlan Peterson: Died 1995

…………………………………..

…………………………………..

………………………………….

………………………………….

………………………………….

Then I asked Google Gemini, “What are the most popular poems read at funerals in Australia?’

Popular Poems at Funerals:

“Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep” by Mary Elizabeth Frye. Died 2004

“Death Is Nothing at All” / “All Is Well” by Henry Scott Holland. Died 1918

“The Dash” by Linda Ellis. SHE’S ALIVE.

“She Is Gone” / “He Is Gone” by David Harkins HE’S ALIVE

“Funeral Blues/ Stop all the clocks“ by W.H. Auden. Died 1973

NOTE 1: The living poets are a baker turned nude painter (David Harkins) and an archeologist (Linda Ellis).

NOTE 2: David Harkins’ poem was included anonymously in the funeral program for the Queen Mother’s funeral. 

How would Shakespeare prove I AM NOT A ROBOT?

Posted on by
Reply

So I was wondering ‘How would Shakespeare prove I AM NOT A ROBOT?’. Then I found Ye Olde Tyme News. The rest, as they say, is history, sort of. Link below.

O, Woe Is Me, to Be Haunted by an Apparition that Demandeth, Over and Over, to Prove I Am Not a Robot.

I, the Bard, conjurer of thespian apparitions, am haunted thus by a fiendish vision that doth appear in my looking glass. The eye sees not itself by reflection but, alas, a suit of armor, a robot, so-called, that demandeth, before I can quill one word, I look into the ghostly glass to proveth by some wanton game that I AM NOT A ROBOT. (More here.)