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Fathom Events presents a 25th anniversary screening of Mission: Impossible in select theaters on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. Tom Cruise stars in the big-screen blockbuster, directed by Brian De Palma, that launched one of today’s biggest action movie franchises. Ethan Hunt (Cruise), is a top secret agent, framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from government assassins, breaking into the CIA s most impenetrable vault, clinging to the roof of a speeding bullet train, Hunt races to stay one step ahead of his pursuers and draw one step closer to discovering the shocking truth. The screening also includes a featurette, Mission: Catching the Train. For theaters and showtimes, visit fathomevents.com.
Your child does not play for MLB.
I d never seen a sign like this, so I took a quick picture of it and shared it on Twitter, saying it was sad a sign like this needed to exist, but I was glad it was there.
The tweet ended up widely shared, and I got a lot of responses from people, mostly sharing examples of bad experiences they d had at games or similar signs they d seen in places like Massachusetts and Ireland.
This could be a time to get into group mentality and how being in a crowd can affect people s behavior; the William Carlos Williams poem The crowd at the ball game would fit in really nicely there. Or to discuss the way youth sports have been ramped in some cases up to a degree that s not healthy; I wrote a story on that subject a few years ago.
Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 564
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write a disappointment poem.
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May 12, 2021
For today s prompt, write a disappointment poem. Everyone has experienced disappointment at one point in their life or another. Sometimes it s not getting the job you wanted, but it could also be not getting that last piece of chocolate cake. Just ask William Carlos Williams about what happened to those plums.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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The earth, just like a schoolgirl, memorizes
Poems, so many poems. . Look, she has learned
So many famous poems, she has earned so many prizes!
Teacher was strict. We delighted in the white
Of the old man’s beard, bright like the snow’s:
Now we may ask which names are wrong, or right
For “blue,” for “apple,” for “ripe.” She knows, she knows!
Lucky earth, let out of school, now you must play
Hide-and-seek with all the children every day:
You must hide that we may seek you: we will! We will!
The happiest child will hold you. She knows all the things