… in here, but UD‘s nowhere near a good enough poet to write it.
I think we need Walt Whitman for this one. Can’t think, at the moment, of a contemporary poet up to the task.
… in here, but UD‘s nowhere near a good enough poet to write it.
I think we need Walt Whitman for this one. Can’t think, at the moment, of a contemporary poet up to the task.
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July 15th, 2010 at 12:27PM
More likely Longfellow — Whitman among the less shipwreck-oriented of 19th c. poets.
July 15th, 2010 at 1:32PM
I was thinking Tennyson, Mr Punch, but I think you’re right– Longfellow would be a better choice.
July 15th, 2010 at 6:48PM
No, we need Seamus Heaney. And he’s contemporary.
July 16th, 2010 at 7:49PM
We build on the bones of the past
Small things first, then monuments vast
When things fall apart
we go back to the start
and sometimes dig up an old mast.
Well, it’s not Longfellow.
July 16th, 2010 at 8:37PM
But it’s beautiful. Thank you, Ahistoricality.