The
joy
and function of
poetry
is, and was, the celebration of
man
, which is also the celebration of
God
. ~
Dylan Thomas
Celebration
can refer to the
act
of
rejoicing
or of honoring various things, or to various social gatherings or parties for the observance and participation in particular feast days,
holidays
, or
festivals
.
There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times, and your
laughter
too
We gonna celebrate your party with you
Come on now
Celebration
Let's all celebrate and have a good time
Celebration
We gonna celebrate and have a good time!
It's time to come together
It's up to you, what's your pleasure
Everyone around the world
Come on!
Yahoo! It's a celebration
Yahoo!
Celebrate good times, come on!
It's a celebration
Celebrate good times, come on!
Let's celebrate!
- You, masters of the earth ? princes, kings, emperors, powerful majesties, invincible conquerors ? simply try to make the people go on such-and-such a day each year to a given place to
dance
. I ask little of you, but I dare give you a solemn challenge to succeed, whereas the humblest missionary will succeed and be obeyed two thousand years after his death. Every year the people gather around some rustic temple in the name of St John, St Martin, St Benedict, etc.; they come, animated by a feverish and yet innocent eagerness;
religion
sanctifies their
joy
and the joy embellishes religion; they forget their troubles; on leaving they think of the
pleasure
that they will have on the same day the following year, and the date is set in their minds.
- No-one should have any trouble finding a party.
- All
I'm saying is, if you
celebrate
Festivus
, you may
live
a little longer.
You are getting back to the essentials, to the days of
gods
on
mountaintops
and howling
wolves
. Because you are saying the
holidays
are in the
heart
, a celebration of being alive with our fellow
humans
. For that
purpose
, an aluminum pole will do just as well as anything else ? as long as it's not stuck in the
wrong
place.
- The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps in the works of the poem so that something that is
not
in the poem can creep, crawl, flash, or thunder in. The joy and function of poetry is, and was, the celebration of man, which is also the celebration of
God
.
- Dylan Thomas
, in
Poetic Manifesto
, published in the
Texas Quarterly
(Winter 1961)
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