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.
By Randall Jarrell. he Bat-Poet is a haunting little story, a parable of charming instruction -- and of instructive charm. It is truly about a bat and at the same time truly about a poet. The animal is real as an animal and the human activity is also real. This union is often asserted or hoped for in current children's books, but not usually achieved. The poetry is not brought in by the back door in a mood of earnest pedagogy.