Brian David Phillips performs an alternate version of JABBERWOCKY for his students as post-reference for the Blocked and Memorized Poetical Performance Project for the Theatre Acting, Directing, and Production course taught by Rev. Dr. Brian David Phillips at National Chengchi University. Note that this is not a serious performance set but a series of one-take…
Bad Poetry
** Special Student Series, Bad Poetry
Bad Poetry: Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
by Brian David Phillips •
Bad Poetry series by Brian David Phillips This episode: Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, published 1872. Please note, not really bad poetry, actually pretty damned awesome poetry, included here for the fun of it. Not really bad poetry . . . quite the opposite as this is my favorite poem in the English language . .…
** Special Student Series, Bad Poetry
Bad Poetry: A Tragedy by Theophilus Marzials
by Brian David Phillips •
Bad Poetry series by Brian David Phillips This episode: A Tragedy by Theophilus Marzials, published 1874 This example of bad poetry is often ranked number one in bad poetry collections as the worst poem ever written in the English language . . . and yet it feels as if it would be very much at…
** Special Student Series, Bad Poetry
Bad Poetry: Ode on the Mammoth Cheese Weighing Over Seven Thousand Pounds by James McIntyre
by Brian David Phillips •
Bad Poetry series by Brian David Phillips This episode: Ode on the Mammoth Cheese Weighing Over Seven Thousand Pounds by James McIntrye, published 1866. This week, I am covering an introduction to poetry in my creative writing course at the university. Since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I will be asking the…