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Like many nursery rhymes, "Jack Sprat" may have originated as a satire on a public figure. History writer Linda Alchin suggests that Jack was King Charles I, who was left "lean" when parliament denied him taxation, but with his queen Henrietta Maria he was free to "lick the platter clean" after he dissolved parliament—Charles was a notably short man.
“If a kid wants to use the word ‘fat’ as a ... How to respond to a kid who uses “fat” as an insult. It’s understandable that parents may be quick to chastise kids who say “fat” to ...
A “harridan” is a strict, bossy, belligerent old woman, and if your mind fills with images of nana in curlers, wielding a rolling pin, you nailed it! Do not run afoul of this nagging tyrant ...
Catullus 16 or Carmen 16 is a poem by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84 BC – c. 54 BC).The poem, written in a hendecasyllabic (11-syllable) meter, was considered to be so sexually explicit following its rediscovery in the following centuries that a full English translation was not published until the 20th century. [1]
The actress incited the audience with her words, but she made some comments that definitely raised eyebrows.
This Is Just to Say (Wall poem in The Hague) "This Is Just to Say" (1934) is an imagist poem [1] by William Carlos Williams. The three-versed, 28-word poem is an apology about eating the reader's plums. The poem was written as if it were a note left on a kitchen table. It has been widely pastiched. [2] [3]
In 2017, Manzoor-Khan performed at The Last Word Festival in London's Roundhouse Poetry Slam, winning the competition with her poem "This is not a Humanising Poem". Her performance of the poem, which spoke about how the world values Muslims based on how 'good' or 'bad' they are considered to be, [23] went viral after being posted on the Roundhouse's Facebook page.
Brianna Campos was 8 years old when she was body-shamed by a pediatrician at her annual wellness visit. “She said to me, ‘You are too fat. You need to lose weight, you need to exercise, you ...