When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou sayst, "Beauty is truth, truth beauty," – that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. lines 46–50 of “Ode on Grecian Urn” by John Keats … [Read more...]
Rosemarie Rowley
"To match the 'is' and the 'ought' is one of the great philosophical conundrums, but it is the most urgent questions poets, and all of humanity on whose behalf they speak, are having to face today." From her essay "Embodiment and Poetry" in Poetry Ireland News, January/February 2012 … [Read more...]
Shel Silverstein — Invitation
INVITATION If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer . . . If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire, For we have some flax golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in! Thanks to Barry Graham and Leah Tallon for their FB post mentioning this poem. … [Read more...]
Howard Zinn
"And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” Howard Zinn This Slice of Solace came to me through FB posts of Thomas G. Fiffer and Stacy Kamala Waltman --thanks! … [Read more...]
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