Katie M - thank you for that poem! I haven't seen it before, but I think I will appropriate it for my college-freshman class I am teaching next semester. This past fall semester was my first class, and that question drove me to distraction. Of course what killed me even more were the students who did not even bother to ask....
Bunch of wanna blessed-bes. Nowadays every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she's a sister to the dark ones.
Willow ,'Bring On The Night'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Rhiannon - Apr 08, 2004 4:31:52 am PDT #2095 of 10002
"Church, cult, cult, church. So we get bored somewhere else every Sunday. Is this really going to change our day to day life?" Bart - the Joy of Sect
juliana - Apr 08, 2004 6:22:03 am PDT #2096 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Someone, I can't recall who, posted Wild Geese quite a while ago and I used part of it as a tag. I want more. I'll have to request some Mary Oliver from the library.
Not to steal thunder from Java, but it could have been me as well. "Wild Geese" was one of the things that saved my life last summer. It still can move me to tears. Just the simplicity and gentle reminder in the first line
You do not have to be good
Sigh....
Another favorite is Mary Dorcey:
In Your Shoes
When you were gone
I found a pair of shoes
you had left behind
under the bed.
I put them on, wanting
to know how they felt.
The leather was worn
and intimate,
loose across the instep.
I walked to the window
and then to the door.
My heel slipped free
but the toes pinched.
I wanted to see how
it felt in your shoes --
constrained or easy.
I wanted to see
how it felt to be you --
when you wore them and
walked free of me.
Strix - Apr 08, 2004 6:27:26 am PDT #2097 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oooh, thanks for all of the poems! I love well-done poetry.
Katie M - Apr 08, 2004 6:42:55 am PDT #2098 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Katie M - thank you for that poem! I haven't seen it before, but I think I will appropriate it for my college-freshman class I am teaching next semester. This past fall semester was my first class, and that question drove me to distraction. Of course what killed me even more were the students who did not even bother to ask....
Heh. I'm glad you liked it--it makes me smile too.
Katerina Bee - Apr 08, 2004 7:17:18 am PDT #2099 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Stepping away from the poetry here: I bagged a lovely thrift score of books the other day: Drawings of the Masters, in four volumes. My favorite is Flemish & Dutch, 15th to 18th century, because it includes a Rembrandt pencil sketch of a resting lion. The signature is legible. It is so beautiful, I would be using it as an icon if the image tag were allowed here.
Atropa - Apr 08, 2004 8:55:15 am PDT #2100 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I was at Borders tonight and saw a Bunnyzilla collection in the sale area. Jilli knows about this, yes? I figure she must, but thought I'd check.
Wha-ha-ha? Nope, never heard of Bunnyzilla. Bunnicula, yes (Bunnies! Vampire bunnies!), but Bunnyzilla, no.
msbelle - Apr 08, 2004 9:44:15 am PDT #2101 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
hmm - now I think I may have miss remembered. It was probably a Bunnicula collection.
Volans - Apr 08, 2004 3:25:08 pm PDT #2102 of 10002
move out and draw fire
"Why Don't You Love Me Like I Love You, You Idiot?"
See, this would be a great poem.
JC, I too loved Prodigal Summer until someone pointed out to me how gender-biased it was. Now my love for it is tempered, but I still adore the "everything is connected" super-text to reinforce the ecological stance.
erikaj - Apr 08, 2004 4:57:05 pm PDT #2103 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
You think? Ok, maybe if I took some of the more anguished sound effects out.
msbelle - Apr 08, 2004 5:06:12 pm PDT #2104 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I'm about a quarter of the way into Fats Food Nation and it is a much more enjoyable read than I expected. I haven't really read any sociolgy stuff since college (aside from adoption related things) and I'd forgotten how they get my brain spinning and all riled up to go save the world.