Oh, Yeats....
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you
and loved the sorrows of your changing face
... sigh
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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."
Jen - Jun 16, 2004 10:54:11 am PDT #3324 of 10002
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2004 11:08:39 am PDT #3325 of 10002
brillig
Again I ask, how can you not love that?
Pretty easily, all told.
erikaj - Jun 16, 2004 11:11:57 am PDT #3326 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
If something's read,
and I don't know it,
Chances are,
it was by a poet.
DavidS - Jun 16, 2004 11:16:41 am PDT #3327 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pretty easily, all told.
Oh come on, that's got to be the greatest literary poop of all time. The only contenders are Pantagruel wiping his ass with a live goose, Barth's The Floating Opera and the opening of Brecht's Baal.
Though I must also note the scatalogical genius of the comic Ed, The Happy Clown
Steph L. - Jun 16, 2004 11:18:56 am PDT #3328 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh come on, that's got to be the greatest literary poop of all time.
The great turning point in Catcher in the Rye was Holden's bout of diarrhea in the museum bathroom.
JohnSweden - Jun 16, 2004 11:22:55 am PDT #3329 of 10002
I can't even.
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you
and loved the sorrows of your changing face
Ow. Old memories there. Ah, the passion of youth.
Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2004 11:25:30 am PDT #3330 of 10002
brillig
t making list of books that are going to the end of the Must Read list
Call me unintellectual, but I think those are all scenes I can miss.
erikaj - Jun 16, 2004 11:27:52 am PDT #3331 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Tep, man, I can't believe I forgot that. Holden was my guy once.(Once I got over "What the Hell has this to do with John Lennon?" of course.) You guys can fake surprise now...
Jen - Jun 16, 2004 11:39:51 am PDT #3332 of 10002
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Sorry, JohnSweden, I didn't mean to bring up bad memories... I just love those lines so much, I couldn't resist.
joe boucher - Jun 16, 2004 11:43:57 am PDT #3333 of 10002
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
The only contenders are Pantagruel wiping his ass with a live goose
You forgot an even better one from the same book: Gargantua shows his cleverness at an early age by fashioning an asswipe. I once had to translate that chapter, and as I recall, it's much ruder in the original (certainly ruder than the rather gentle translation to which I linked.) Difficult translation, too, since my Larousse didn't have all those words for "asshole". Luckily, Mr. Nadler was there to guide me.