Thank you Sharon & Frank.
That one seemed called for. And
I can't help thinking how much
of anything might be deemed
to "encourage misunderstanding"
given which looking-glass you're
looking through. Sounds like
pointy hats and public beratements
(at the least) in the future for
some of us...
> whoa! very nice indeed.
>
>
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:27:40 -0500, Gerald Schwartz
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Up early this morning before I get my daughter
>>
>> up for school -- reading Emerson's "Hamatreya":
>>
>> "Ah! the hot owner sees not death, who adds
>>
>> Him to his land, a lump of mould the more." and
>>
>> wondering -- almost aloud-- if this poem, a variation
>>
>> of "Maitreya," from the sacred Hindu text Vishnu
>>
>> Purana, How Long It Will take the Alyssa A. Lappens
>>
>> of Campus Watch To Reach Back Into Our History,
>>
>> Asking ( no doubt pointedly): "Is this the kind of poetry
>>
>> that will be of any interest even a year from now, much
>>
>> less for the ages?" And-- as I wake my daughter
>>
>> for school I say -- almost aloud -- Let Emerson
>>
>> "and his type draw together leftist sharks and
>>
>> deliberately encourage misunderstanding."
>>
>> --Gerald Schwartz
>> West Irondequoit, New York 14617,
>> United States (of misunderstanding)
>> 6:55 am
>>
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> --
> Sharon Brogan
> http://www.sbpoet.com
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