Meryl Streep is the worldâs greatest actress. If she werenât, Ricki and the Flash would be just another disappointing, pedestrian, predictable August release. The movieâs marketing and trailer are a bit misleading. They give the impression Streepâs Ricki is a fading rock star whoâs estranged from her family.
Poet laureate. A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, who is often expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. The Italians Albertino Mussato and Francesco Petrarca were the first to be crowned poets laureate after the classical age, respectively in 1315 and 1342.
Diodorus Siculus Histories 8BCEIn ancient times a Bard was a poet and storyteller who had trained in a Bardic college. In modern times, a Bard is one who sees their creativity as an innate spiritual ability, and who chooses to nurture that ability partly or wholly with Druidism. In ancient times the Bards were the keepers of tradition, of the memory of the tribe - they were the custodians of the sacredness of the Word.