Posted on April 30, 2008 by universeexpanding
There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public.
There are worse things than these miniature betrayals,
committed or endured or suspected; there are worse things
than not being able to sleep for thinking about them.
It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking in
and stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse
and worse.
(Fleur Adcock)
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Posted on April 27, 2008 by universeexpanding
You have no enemies, you say?
Alas, my friend, the boast is poor.
He who has mingled in the fray of duty
that the brave endure, must have made foes.
If you have none, small is the work that you have done.
You’ve hit no traitor on the hip.
You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip.
You’ve never turned the wrong to [...]
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Posted on April 24, 2008 by universeexpanding
I can hear the gospel
Of little feet
Go choiring
Down the dusty asphalt street.
Beneath the vast
Cathedral of sky
With the sun for a steeple
Evangeling with laughter
Go the shining ones
The little people.
(Roger Mais)
Tomorrow I have to deliver a lecture/ facilitate a session for 228 high school graduates from my alma mater. It’s entitled “Managing Transition: Taking [...]
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