A young friend of mine, not literary at all, asked me for a poem he could
read at the funeral of his father, an old Navy man. I recommended Tennyson's
"Crossing the Bar," and it struck exactly the right chord for him.
We can always learn from people who've done it, and we can always learn from
people who've moved people.
Tad Richards
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From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: Dipodic is...? (Re: is dipodic a no-no? )
> What a weird quartet. I used to think the way you say you do in that note,
> Kasper, but have changed somewhat. I mean, I can really admire a lot of
> the poetry of at least the last two, without ever wanting to try the same
> thing. I suspect a lot of modern writers feel the same way about the great
> writers of the past.
>
> Doug
> On 22-Jan-07, at 7:05 PM, kasper salonen wrote:
>
>> Kipling/Tennyson/Coleridge/Browning
> Douglas Barbour
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>
> the words come down on
> the white page a dream of snow
>
> at mid-Atlantic.
>
> Wayne Clifford
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