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When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
Rime: Stories About Poetry
English - August 17, 2020 20:00 - 13 minutes - 9.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHistory poetry poems rhyme poets storytelling weird strange history tales rime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Big things can come from humble beginnings. That was the case for Jenny Joseph’s poem “Warning,” which began life as a throwaway, according to the poet. Yet it ended up its own industry, being the basis for a Broadway musical, a society with over 10,000 chapters worldwide, and enduring status as one of the best-loved poems of the 20th century.