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Ovid and Ryokan... yet two more I have never heard of nor read. It is times like this I lament not getting a college degree, yet at the same time am greatful that I'm still young enough to learn.
I was refering to your Nash post, but here's one that makes me snicker:
That's the kind of thing that's being done all the time by poets, from Homer to Tennyson;
They're always comparing ladies to lilies and veal to venison.
And they always say things like that the snow is a white blanket after a winter storm.
Oh it is, is it, all right then, you sleep under a six-inch blanket of snow and I'll sleep under a half-inch blanket of unpoetical blanket material and we'll see which one keeps warm,
And after that maybe you'll begin to comprehend dimly
What I mean by too much metaphor and simile.
It's all right there: Nash's irreverence, his delayed
I was refering to your Nash post, but here's one that makes me snicker:
That's the kind of thing that's being done all the time by poets, from Homer to Tennyson;
They're always comparing ladies to lilies and veal to venison.
And they always say things like that the snow is a white blanket after a winter storm.
Oh it is, is it, all right then, you sleep under a six-inch blanket of snow and I'll sleep under a half-inch blanket of unpoetical blanket material and we'll see which one keeps warm,
And after that maybe you'll begin to comprehend dimly
What I mean by too much metaphor and simile.
It's all right there: Nash's irreverence, his delayed
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." ~Charles Bukowski
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Doctor Steuss wrote:Ovid and Ryokan... yet two more I have never heard of nor read. It is times like this I lament not getting a college degree, yet at the same time am greatful that I'm still young enough to learn.
Who needs a university when we have the internet? ;)
I was refering to your Nash post,
Oh! Duh!
There are quite a few that are making me snicker!
I like this one (although my ex-husbands might disagree!;)
Always Marry An April Girl
Praise the spells and bless the charms,
I found April in my arms.
April golden, April cloudy,
Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;
April soft in flowered languor,
April cold with sudden anger,
Ever changing, ever true --
I love April, I love you.
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Moniker wrote:Wellll, my shirt has this printed upon it: Self-confident, Ambitious, Spirited, Adventurous, Spontaneous, Assertive, Darling & Charming
But, yanno whatever works for you. ;)
You must have a bit more room across the chest to get all that on a T-Shirt...*ducks*
"Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded."-charity 3/7/07
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Moniker wrote:Wellll, my shirt has this printed upon it: Self-confident, Ambitious, Spirited, Adventurous, Spontaneous, Assertive, Darling & Charming
But, yanno whatever works for you. ;)
Yeah, I though about getting a shirt like that...

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