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23 April 2021: Show us your Friday! See you then!
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23 April 2021: Show us your Friday! See you then!
We'd love to see your Friday, 23 April 2021. Have a great weekend!
I decided not to do Rimbaud because I was too shy about my French. So I did this parable instead. I also was pretty shy about how I'm looking lately, so audio only! (Also, I realise now that I missed a tiny bit of the poem, but I was doing it from memory so that's my excuse!!)
La cigale ayant chanté
Tout l’été,
Se trouva fort dépourvue
Quand la bise fut venue :
Pas un seul petit morceau
De mouche ou de vermisseau.
Elle alla crier famine
Chez la fourmi sa voisine,
La priant de lui prêter
Quelque grain pour subsister
Jusqu’à la saison nouvelle.
« Je vous paierai, lui dit-elle,
Avant l’août, foi d’animal,
Intérêt et principal. »
La fourmi n’est pas prêteuse :
C’est là son moindre défaut.
« Que faisiez-vous au temps chaud ?
Dit-elle à cette emprunteuse.
— Nuit et jour à tout venant
Je chantais, ne vous déplaise.
— Vous chantiez ? J’en suis fort aise :
Eh bien ! Dansez maintenant. »
The cicada (cricket) having sung
All summer long,
Found herself most destitute
When the north wind blew :
Not even one little morsel
Of fly or worm.
She went to plea her famish
To her neighbor the ant,
Begging her to lend her
A little grain so she’d survive
Until the new season.
“I shall pay you, she told her,
Before the harvest, animal’s oath,
Interest and principal.”
The ant is not a lender :
This is the least of her faults.
“What were you doing during the warm season ?
She asked this borrower.
— Night and day, to anyone
I sang, please you if it may.
— You sang ? I’m delighted :
Well, dance now.”
10 April 2021: Please post video or audio of you reading/reciting your favourite poem. Can be posted early or late!
Happy April! I hope you're doing well over a year into our pandemic history, and perhaps wherever you are is turning a corner.
Thank you to everyone who participated in last month's glimpse and challenge; I loved getting a sneak peek into your fridges as well as your days.
April's monthly challenge will be 10 April 2021. On this day, please post a video or an audio clip of you reading/reciting your favourite poem in honour of international poetry month! I'll probably be doing a poem by Arthur Rimbaud, my favourite poet of all time. The poem can be in your native language or any other language, and remember that it can be posted before or late.
April's glimpse at your day will be Friday, 23 April 2021. The day was chosen by a random number generator. What will you be doing that Friday? I have no idea! Remember you can post other glimpses, even earlier ones.
As always reminder to follow. Thanks for participating!