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Hekate

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16. Remember when Laura Bush was to have a gathering of poets at the WH?

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 03:21 AM

Oct 2013

When she found out that some planned to bring poems about war, she wanted to cancel (I don't remember if she ultimately did) because, she said, people do not write poems about war, so she was not going to have any of that at her luncheon.

What a blind and ignorant woman. I thought of Wilfred Owen, but also that poets have been writing about war and its devastation and sorrow since before the Greeks laid down the dactylic hexameter.

Thanks for bringing in Yeats, btw; he's one of my favorites.

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A bit of Yeats for the House GOPers: [View all] DemoTex Oct 2013 OP

You expect a GOPer to understand this? pangaia Oct 2013 #1

Actually, no. DemoTex Oct 2013 #3

As a member of the choir, pangaia Oct 2013 #6

Really. Words from a time when words had meaning. (nt) enough Oct 2013 #4

I think this is very appropriate and beautiful, my dear DemoTex... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2013 #2

Thanks, Peg. DemoTex Oct 2013 #5

Ted Cruz? Avalux Oct 2013 #7

OK, that made me laugh. Volaris Oct 2013 #15

Yeah, I thought of that one myself this morning. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2013 #8

Indeed DemoTex Oct 2013 #9

To a Friend whose Work has come to Nothing mahina Oct 2013 #10

For the first time, I understand the falcon line: philly_bob Oct 2013 #11

That's always been a gorgeous poem, and a terrifying one Hekate Oct 2013 #12

And, then there was Wilfred Owen .. 1917 DemoTex Oct 2013 #13

I've always thought that this line from Wilfred Owen was so true and so tragic. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2013 #14

Remember when Laura Bush was to have a gathering of poets at the WH? Hekate Oct 2013 #16

Thanks. I've quoted this before: freshwest Oct 2013 #17

Life is a trapdoor function, you can only start over, you can't go back. bemildred Oct 2013 #18