If you’re in the vicinity, a perfect day would begin with a stroll around Dumbarton Oaks, a very short walk from there to the library for UD‘s talk (see details here), and then a walk down the steps in the library’s back garden.
At the bottom of the steps, you’ll find Georgetown, full of spectacular cafes.
So come to UD‘s talk!
April 8th, 2016 at 10:14AM
are you being recorded?
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/the-education-free-for-all/7308006
April 8th, 2016 at 10:18AM
dmf: hmn. don’t think so.
April 8th, 2016 at 10:31AM
With many apologies to Robert Frost:
Whose woods these are of course I know,
His house is down in Mexico,
He used to be our neighbor here,
Til Muslim ban became a go.
My monstrous horse sure is no Queer!
It celebrates when we come near,
Em’nent domain gave me this lake,
Darkest passions it doth cheer.
My passage is a piece of cake,
My violence is no mistake,
My Red Hats completed the sweep,
The protestors their rights forsake.
My words are empty dark and deep,
But I have lies that I sell cheap,
And walls to build before I sleep,
And walls to build before I sleep.
April 8th, 2016 at 2:50PM
too bad, thanks for sharing the text with us.
April 8th, 2016 at 6:57PM
I admit to not “getting” talk about poetry, literary criticism, etc. I’m glad somebody’s doing it though–all that expansive language, all that. That’s only because I was once bitten by the versifying bug, and want to know a little more about what the “bug” is about. Anyway, go get some, UD.
April 9th, 2016 at 10:56AM
Profane: Wonderful. Especially the last stanza! UD