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When Wombats Do Inspire
Rime: Stories About Poetry
English - November 21, 2020 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18 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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Poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti was obsessed with wombats, as were his siblings and the members of the Pre-Raphaelite movement he founded. Top, the wombat Rossetti acquired in 1869, became legendary in their circle, inspiring poems and drawings and myths that linger to this day. But as so often happens, there was a disconnect between the idea of a wombat and the real creature that all-too-briefly shared Rossetti’s home.