![]() That which had ignited my literary passion, That incendiary things were about to take place: I quite failed to note as I gazed into space Pithy and polished, my writing demolishedĪt length it was finished, the candle diminished,Īt the great acclamation, the standing ovationĪnd thinking how great was my brilliant creation So I furthered my writing by dim candle lighting, ![]() ![]() I puzzled and thought and wrestled and fought So I thought something pithy and succinct and clever I resisted temptation for this declamation Written by Douglas Adams when he was 17 in fulfillment of an entrance requirement to a literary club, Candlesticks, the poem had to be about a candle and had to be assessed as acceptable. Let’s do a recitation of the delightful poem: “A Dissertation on the task of writing a poem on a candle and an account of some of the difficulties thereto pertaining” and will have something prepared to recite. The playlist of 2013-2014 classes is also on Youtube:Įveryone will have started: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. To learn more about the class, please visit:, see the links and watch the video. Playlist for our 2014-2015 classes is here: Link to the class event page on Google Plus:
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