Poem of the day
Dusk In War Time
by Sara Teasdale
A half-hour more and you will lean
To gather me close in the old sweet way-
But oh, to the woman over the sea
Who will come at the close of day?
A half-hour more and I will hear
The key in the latch and the strong, quick tread-
But oh, the woman over the sea
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We all live with the objective of being happy, our lives are all different and yet the same.
Anne Frank
Comments about poets
Adam Evans: Callaghan became the first person to have held all 4 of the great offices of state. He was only the 3rd PM to hold the office while representing a Welsh constituency (Cardiff SE) - the previous two were Lloyd George (Caernarvon Boroughs) 1916-22 & MacDonald (Aberavon) 1924
Lauri Tuttle: If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. - George Macdonald
IWAKKOI CENTER: To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. ~ George MacDonald
Joan of Argghh!: Love will not backward sigh, but forward strain,
On in the tale still telling, never told. -- George MacDonald
Fr Aidan Kimel: "For what can be more unprofitable than a discussion where but one of the disputants understands the question, and the other has all the knowledge?" ~ George MacDonald
Infield Fly Girl: Night/Dawn/Day/Land of the [Living] Dead
The Road
28 Days/Weeks Later
Mad Max /& Beyond Thunderdome
Soylent Green
Hell Comes to Frogtown
Blade Runner
In the Mouth of Madness
Snowpiercer
Pontypool
John Carpenter's The Thing
Escape From New York/LA
The Postman
Logan's Run
Wizards
Hoop Central: Missing Gang Sign John Wall on this fine Saturday afternoon
meangeneone: Why don't we have any major news outlets looking into Logan Act violations by John Kerry? I seem to remember "walls are closing in" media drumming that beat when they accused Flynn.
Unique • Soul: Music is the medicine of the mind - John Logan
Tyler Mansfield: Warren Central’s Dre Boyd announces on Instagram Live his commitment to John A. Logan College, one of the country’s top JUCO programs.
tom woolworth: New artwork for sale! - "Zion National Park Lodge Area Crimson Walls 04" -
Marketer In Chief: Finally, take a look at American Presidents that loved war in The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
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Deion Hypotheticals: Could Deion Sanders recite Mary had a Little Lamb right now?
ピカチュウ虫: Mary had a little lamb~little lamb,little lamb~Mary had a little lamb~Its fleece ws shite as sow~♪
Dante Nebraska: My mom still acts surprised that I can’t play the piano after she only paid for 3 childhood lessons. She really heard me playing “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and thought I had it all figured out.
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Births on this day in history
- 04/05/1904 - Richard Eberhart - American poet and academic (d. 2005)
- 04/05/1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne - English poet
- 04/05/1835 - Vítězslav Hálek - Czech poet
- 04/05/1793 - Casimir Delavigne - French poet and dramatist (d. 1843)
Deaths on this day in history
- 04/05/2017 - Makoto Ōoka - Japanese poet and literary critic (b. 1931)
- 04/05/1997 - Allen Ginsberg - American poet (b. 1926)
- 04/05/1941 - Parvin E'tesami - Persian poet (b. 1907)
- 04/05/1934 - Salvatore Di Giacomo - Italian poet
- 04/05/1765 - Edward Young - English poet and author (b. 1683)
- 04/05/1712 - Jan Luyken - Dutch poet