Monthly Archives: November 2014

A Little Autumn Nonsense

A Little Autumn Nonsense ~ The pigeons chattering annoys me but the more intellectual magpies won’t respond to my overtures. I tried to have a conversation with the March Hare, because I admire the way he is always properly accessorized,  … Continue reading

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The Station

  The station is lined with strangers  all clutching their dreams in carefully bagged  zip locked  freeze dried safety netted compartments checking their tickets over and over again in case the destination had decided to change as the birds perform … Continue reading

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The Dry Salvages ~ by T.S. Eliot (Four Quartets)

The Dry Salvages ~ by T.S. Eliot (The Dry Salvages – presumably les trois sauvages – is a small group of rocks, with a beacon, off the N.E. coast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Salvages is pronounced to rhyme with assuages. Groaner: a whistling buoy) I I … Continue reading

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East Coker ~ by T.S. Eliot (Four Quartets)

East Coker I In my beginning is my end. In succession Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended, Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their place Is an open field, or a factory, or a by-pass. Old stone to new … Continue reading

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Burnt Norton ~ by T.S. Eliot (Four Quartets)

Burnt Norton I Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable. What might have been is an abstraction Remaining … Continue reading

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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ~ by T.S. Eliot

Pssst… don’t look now…. but it appears I have just declared this T.S. Eliot week…. (enjoy) The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot S’io credesse che mia risposta fosse A persona che mai tornasse al mondo, Questa … Continue reading

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The Waste Land ~ by T.S. Eliot

The Waste Land ~ by T. S. ELIOT                                   FOR EZRA POUND                                 IL MIGLIOR FABBRO               I. The Burial of the Dead   April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring … Continue reading

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Disguised Poetry

I keep them up my sleeves hidden secret like silk scarves like flashing coins like onion skinned old letters I disguise them blend them into the fabric of my living day  like raven feathers in the dark and sometimes sometimes … Continue reading

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Someday Soon

Someday soon I promise myself I will call you on the phone and have something to say  I will make you laugh make you feel stable and loved and appreciated I will say  see you later and really mean it… … Continue reading

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