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cole_sportsfan: Tales of resilience.
In this week’s Coleumn, I recognize three players, all of whom will be alumni by early May, who stayed with their teams even as they hit rock bottom before climbing back to the top. The three players are Ian Swenson, Isaiah Whaley, and Tyler Polley.
Coldest_fan: Tales of resilience.
In this week’s Coleumn, I recognize three players, all of whom will be alumni by early May, who stayed with their teams even as they hit rock bottom before climbing back to the top. The three players are Ian Swenson, Isaiah Whaley, and Tyler Polley.
maureenthorson: Body my house my horse my hound … “Question” by May Swenson
Meg_Swenson: If there’s leftovers in the fridge (veal parm, may I add) and they aren’t yours… do you just go for it, or do you ask first?
queerlitbot: Touching lightly
shoulder and thigh
Neither wanting more
Neither asking why
May Swenson, Neither Wanting More
MonteSchoolsIA: We may have winter weather now, but spring is coming! Mr. Swenson's Horticulture class has been hard at work in the greenhouse, planting and preparing for the spring sale! Look for more information in the coming month on the greenhouse opening!
queerlitbot: Come release me
Without you I do not yet exist
May Swenson, Symmetrical Companion
queerlitbot: To have your whole
cool body’s length
along my own
to know the strength
of a secret tide
of longing seep
into our veins
go deep...deep
May Swenson, Neither Wanting More
RafihaRahi: Body my house
my horse my hound
what will I do
when you are fallen
Where will I sleep
How will I ride
What will I hunt
Where can I go
without my mount
all eager and quick
How will I know
in thicket ahead
is danger or treasure
when Body my good
bright dog is dead
— May Swenson
everyoneisabot1: "You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope someday you will join us, and the world will live as one."
- Robert Swenson,
Terms of Endearment (1983)
MeTV: We don't know if Lorne Greene was supposed to pick favorites, but he did! She played Hoss' mom in two episodes.
cravitybopper: Reminds me of the poem Strawberrying by May Swenson, except, the narrator’s the one murdering strawberries, which she personifies & that makes the strawberry-picking kind-of scary/disturbing. It’s so interesting that Epik High is using a similar concept, themselves being berries.
streets_gotham: i've always loved this poem by may swenson about aliens coming to earth and mistaking the cars as the inhabitants. were they really mistaken?
everyoneisabot1: "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
- Robert Swenson,
Ghostbusters (1984)
MichaelCartyNE: it is death that tints the leaves
(may swenson)
mercedeskat45: In a flashback Swenson's Neil makes a deal with them to produce hits, if they then produce more artistic songs like "Shilo," which may not be hits. Though O'Rourke agrees, McCormick's O'Rourke humorously indicates he has no intention of keeping his promise.
Jeremy_boypoet: Question by May Swenson
SAYW0MEN: started reading 'right wing women' by andrea dworkin yesterday and the passage on marilyn monroe reminded me of this concrete poem from may swenson.
WoahItsDustin: I may have had a few A&W Root Beers, single cheeseburger & onion rings in my day. Although Swenson’s was the go to for that kind of thing.
MusicalAmerica: Opera Omaha's New General Director
Opera Omaha has appointed Allison Swenson, development director at Santa Fe Opera, as its next general director. She succeeds Roger Weitz, who announced his intention to move on last May.
Read more:
op109: memoryslandscape:
"How is it that with our minds we can explore our own minds?"
—May Swenson, “The Experience of Poetry in a Scientific Age”
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William Henry Fox Talbot :: An oak tree in winter, Lacock, ca. 1842-1843. Calotype negative and salted paper print.The British Library
terriblebinth: May Swenson is a force!
AldousAsterion: AR Ammons, May Swenson, Charles Simic
MeTV: She played Hoss' mom in two episodes and she was just right to play the role! Tell us your thoughts below.
queerlitbot: To have your whole
cool body’s length
along my own
to know the strength
of a secret tide
of longing seep
into our veins
go deep...deep
May Swenson, Neither Wanting More
WI_State_Farmer: Check out livestock expert Jeff Swenson's analysis of national and state livestock market reports.
queerlitbot: To have your whole
cool body’s length
along my own
to know the strength
of a secret tide
of longing seep
into our veins
go deep...deep
May Swenson, Neither Wanting More
natalieepatt: may swenson, “bleeding”
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everyoneisabot1: "Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day."
- Robert Swenson,
Uncle Buck (1989)
danielbarnummm: shout-out to May Swenson, for writing some of the greatest poems of all time, and to her literary estate, for allowing us to reproduce "Question" in full.
& thank you to my mom, for everything.
BurlHorniachek: May Swenson's best poem, "Scroppo's Dog." Probably best available now in the 2013 Collected from Library of America.
coach_robbs14: Uncommitted soph Max Swenson
92-94 in todays pen. High spin metrics
High academic guy who will graduate with only 4 semesters in May
queerlitbot: Come release me
Without you I do not yet exist
May Swenson, Symmetrical Companion
queerlitbot: Come release me
Without you I do not yet exist
May Swenson, Symmetrical Companion
everyoneisabot1: "Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose."
- Robert Swenson,
On the Waterfront (1954)
JeanMWilliams: A smudge for the horizon
that, on a clear day, shows
the hard edge of hills and
buildings on the other coast.
Anchored boats all head one way:
north, where the wind comes from.
You can see the storm inflating
out of the west. A dark hole
in gray cloud twirls, widens…
May Swenson
ivressesdhier: May Swenson (1913-1989) - Half Sun Half Sleep - 1967
I'd let you wade
in me and seize
with your eager brown
bee's power a sweet
glistening at my core.
FelicPlunkett: I always felt like a bird blown through the world. / I never felt like a tree.
May Swenson
Barbara06062710: Greg Swenson it’s okay that Trump may stand again? Oh please. They both need to step down. Republicans Abroad I am watching what’s going on in the States and it’s not pretty
queerlitbot: Touching lightly
shoulder and thigh
Neither wanting more
Neither asking why
May Swenson, Neither Wanting More
oldbuffalo: since I've been reading may swenson lately I may do something sensual today
MeTV: For Bonanza fans in the 1960s, the biggest request they made of show writers was to finally introduce them to Ben Cartwright's wives.
BallStateCAP: Join us Monday for Katie Swenson's lecture, "Design with Love." We are excited to have her with us on Monday, Oct. 3, 5:00 p.m. in the College of Architecture and Planning bld. RM100. Who knows, you may end up leaving the lecture with one of her books!
queerlitbot: Dissolving flesh
and melting bone
Oh to lie with you
alone
May Swenson, Neither Wanting More
ardentsaviorops: Miss May Swenson was an American poet who also translated poetry from this language, her first as a child
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aliner: Ooof, May Swenson's "The Lightning"!
aliner: May Swenson's "Out of the Sea, Early"
CalltoActivism: BREAKING: Hours after a new report exposed the most powerful MAGA Republican PAC may be mostly funded by just 7 billionaires, the Republicans filibustered a Democratic bill designed to let Americans know who's behind campaign funding.
We must expose them.
queerlitbot: To have your whole
cool body’s length
along my own
to know the strength
of a secret tide
of longing seep
into our veins
go deep...deep
May Swenson, Neither Wanting More
Sean_Kilpatrick: I'm two eyes looking out of a suit of armor. I write because I can't talk.
It's not for me - religion. It seems like a redundancy for a poet.
Remain aghast at life
May Swenson
stephen_swenson: Politics aside today, we come together as one nation. May God bless America
utahbookfest: Say hola to our inaugural May Swenson intern Sara Gonzales! Sara is devoting herself to our lineup of LGBTQ+ events and to supporting Under the Umbrella Bookstore! A McNair scholar and senior at Westminster College, she is completing a custom major on Death & Gender in Folklore.
kalmyadown: A poem for you, a poem that sparkled my synapses.
'Question' by May Swenson
Body my house
my horse my hound
what will I do
when you are fallen
Where will I sleep
How will I ride
What will I hunt
Where can I go
without my mount
all eager and quick
SenatorRomney: Sad to see what’s being done to bribe the voters. Biden's student loan forgiveness plan may win Democrats some votes, but it fuels inflation, foots taxpayers with other people’s financial obligations, is unfair to those who paid their own way & creates irresponsible expectations.
Meth_Mafia: sunsbleeding: May Swenson //
FamilyR_USA: "...Now, as families wait to get in front of a judge — Swenson's office has heard that some hearings may not be possible until the end of 2023 — they're left in limbo, in a less-than-ideal home situation..."
dasam: A lovely poem by May Swenson
dasam: A lovely poem by May Swenson
queerlitbot: Touching lightly
shoulder and thigh
Neither wanting more
Neither asking why
May Swenson, Neither Wanting More
queerlitbot: To have your whole
cool body’s length
along my own
to know the strength
of a secret tide
of longing seep
into our veins
go deep...deep
May Swenson, Neither Wanting More
NWSHouston: 450 pm radar update. Several boundaries & potential for collisions which may briefly intensify storms. Stronger cells will produce 25-40mph gusts and a few inches of rain in a short time period.
B_Solo92: “Poem to Solve” by: May Swenson
dankettercello: Too many scenarios recently make me think of the poem, “Bleeding,” by May Swenson. Do not read it
sleeplessauthor: This poem was faintly inspired by "Bleeding" by May Swenson.
Ckurlander: How to get rich by running for president
queerlitbot: To have your whole
cool body’s length
along my own
to know the strength
of a secret tide
of longing seep
into our veins
go deep...deep
May Swenson, Neither Wanting More
jana_m_mader: May Swenson’s “July 4th”
FelicPlunkett: I always felt like a bird blown through the world. / I never felt like a tree.
~ May Swenson
drsimonegold: May we be comforted amongst the mourners of Zion.
winningwriters: "Strawberrying", a poem by May Swenson |
devilred1376: My favorite poem is Southbound by the Freeway by May Swenson 1963 too many words to post but it's really great. It was read to me in 1st grade
MeganDBrown: The shape of this poem, the shape of this moment. “Women” by May Swenson.
idillionaire: May things miraculously work out for you.
dialoguejournal: "If I had children, I might name
them astrometeorological names:
Meridian, a girl. Zenith, a boy.
Eclipse, a pretty name for either one."
"If I Had Children," by May Swenson:
millie_tullis: From May Swenson's introduction to "Poems to Solve":
"A poem, read for the first time, can offer the same pleasure as opening a wrapped box. There is the anticipation of untying an intriguing knot of words, of unloosing all their intimations like loops, of lifting out--
POETSorg: June was for gorging. . . .
sweet hearts young and firm before decay.
—May Swenson
MorosKostas: This is why the Supreme Court must strike down "may issue" regimes in the strongest possible terms.
_DavidMorrell: My friend Douglas Preston and his co-author Lincoln Child set their new book, DIABLO MESA, in New Mexico, featuring archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI agent Corrie Swenson. The action centers on the real-life incident in Roswell, where a UFO may or may not have crashed in 1947.
dialoguejournal: FIRST LINES:
How things really are
we would like to know.
Does Time flow,
or is it atomized
in instants hammered
around the clock’s face?
Read the entire poem, "The Beam," by May Swenson:
GregAbbott_TX: Texas leads the nation AGAIN for job creation - adding 74,200 jobs in May!
More Texans are working than ever before as we again smash all previous records for total jobs.
The Lone Star State's economic momentum is proof that offering businesses the FREEDOM to succeed works!
bitpodz: From the archive [May 2021]:
The Bitcoin Matrix
Brady Swenson: Citizen Bitcoin, Hodl Fomo & the Bitcoin Renaissance
everyoneisabot1: "To give ones self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom."
- Robert Swenson,
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
SundayPoems: SUNDAY POETRY PICKS - 6.12.22
1. May Swenson, "Question"
WI_State_Farmer: Check out Jeff Swenson's analysis of global, national and state livestock markets.
queerlitbot: To have your whole
cool body’s length
along my own
to know the strength
of a secret tide
of longing seep
into our veins
go deep...deep
May Swenson, Neither Wanting More
ShellenbergerMD: Police do, in fact, prevent mass shootings, and may very well have done so in Berkeley this week
We hear a lot about the failure of the police and much less about their success
My daughter goes to that school. They may have saved her life. I am grateful
poetsonline: “The best poetry has its roots in the subconscious to a great degree. Youth, naivety, reliance on instinct more than learning and method, a sense of freedom and play, even trust in randomness, is necessary to the making of a poem.” -May Swenson
HeatherWeaverDC: May Swenson on living life to its fullest ..
pauljimerson: Other poets may not be on any search other than into their own selves. But I’ve been on a search into the universe and the human mind.”
May Swenson
pauljimerson: “The best poetry has its roots in the subconscious to a great degree. Youth, naivety, reliance on instinct more than learning and method, a sense of freedom and play, even trust in randomness, is necessary to the making of a poem.”
~ May Swenson
phaentompoet: i don't know much about the poet May Swenson except that she was born nearnly 100 years ago on this day, and that she wrote this beautiful poem that I think about often called Fountains of Aix
millie_tullis: "One must be honest somewhere. I wish
to be honest in poetry.
With the written word.
Where I can say and cross out
and say over and say around
and say on top of and say in between
and say in symbol, in riddle,
in double meaning, under masks"
- May Swenson "The Truth is Forced"
millie_tullis: happy May Swenson day to all who celebrate:
"Not able to be honest in person
I wish to be honest in poetry.
Speaking to you, eye to eye, I lie
because I can not bear
to be conspicuous with the truth..."
- May Swenson "The Truth is Forced"
stephenwag22: Mike Kirby says effectively all pitching options are on the table tomorrow except Swenson, who threw four innings today. Said they may check with Wednesday & Thursday’s starters to see if they’re good for 20 pitches, or maybe go with a bullpen game. Sammy Natera is also a maybe
Book_Addict: Happy birthday to poet and playwright May Swenson (May 28, 1919), author of “More Poems to Solve” (1968) et al.
jlorts: Birthday of poet May Swenson (1903-1989) who said, “The best poetry has its roots in the subconscious to a great degree. Youth, naivety, reliance on instinct more than learning & method, a sense of freedom & play, even trust in randomness, is necessary to the making of a poem.”
skmerrill3: May Swenson. Today is her day.
"Question" has been in my bulging repertoire of favorite poems for many years. I memorized it like a mantra, trying to get to the mortality of it.