"Mrs. Icarus" is an amusing little verse by Carol Ann Duffy, the current British poet laureate (and the first woman to hold the post). It is from her 2001 collection The World's Wife:
I'm not the first or the last
to stand on a hillock
watching the man she married
prove to the world
he's a total, utter, absolute, Grade A pillock.
"Pillock," as one might easily gather from the above, is British slang for "idiot;" originally, it was a slang term for the penis, but that definition has fallen out of use.
About Me
- Shannon Fitzsimons
- I am a second-year student in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Theatre and Drama at Northwestern University. Recent projects include "Old Times" with TheatreFirst in Oakland, CA and "The Sins of Sor Juana" at Northwestern's Theatre and Interpretation Center, directed by Henry Godinez. As a dramaturg and director, I have worked with The Public Theater in New York, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and Magic Theatre, California Shakespeare Theater, The Marsh, and African American Shakespeare Company in San Francisco.
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