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Sylvia: The Shooting Script Sylvia: The Shooting Script by John Brownlow
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“Ted: A fucking good poem is a weapon.

It's-- and not like a--
a popgun or something.

- It's a bomb.
It's like a bloody big bomb.

Sylvia: That’s why they make children
learn them in school.

They don't want them messing about
with them on their own.

I mean, just imagine
if a sonnet went off accidentally.

Boom.”
John Brownlow, Sylvia: The Shooting Script
tags: poetry
“Sometimes I dream the tree, and the tree is my life. One branch is the man I shall marry, and the leaves my children. Another branch is my future as a writer, and each leaf is a poem. Another branch is a good academic career. But as I sit there trying to choose, the leaves bring to turn brown and blow away, until the tree is absolutely bare.”
John Brownlow, Sylvia: The Shooting Script