the legs wobbly
the arms exhausted
the head throbbing
but fire still
in the eyes
Author: zdunno03
from The Book of Songs: How Few of Us Are Left
How few of us are left, how few!
Why do we not go back?
Were it not for our prince and his concerns,
What should we be doing here in the dew?
How few of us are left, how few!
Why do we not go back?
Were it not for our prince’s own concerns,
What should we be doing here in the mud?
translated by Arthur Waley
the age old rub
go
or stay
walk
or run
you can’t hide
from yourself
in a room
of mirrors
and there’s
the rub
South Of Barcelona by Paul Blackburn
Early morning birdsong
grey sky and chickens and rain
across the plain
tho chickens can hardly be said to sing
their sound is comforting
& homely.
The mountains inland disappear
The clouds come down.
from the Law & Order episode “Breeder”, Ben Stone on facing an unknown and potentially damaging outcome in a courtroom but which, for some reason, I find appropriate today
When you walk into a minefield, no matter how careful you are, you’re going to lose a leg.
Let America Be America Again: reblogged from English Lit Geek’s blog
Let America Be America Again Langston Hughes, 1920-1967 Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. …
Source: Let America Be America Again
from Halfway Down The Coast by Paul Blackburn
William James on voting
There is but one unconditional commandment, which is that we should seek incessantly, with fear and trembling, so to vote and to act as to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
as you are
stay as you are
till we meet
again
then
be as you are
“They Won’t Back Down” — Vancouver Visions
I really don’t have anything much that I can say, that would do justice to this video that I have for you all today, other than to mention that it really does deserve the 10 minutes that it takes to watch it. If it doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, and truly wrench at […]
Leonard Durso 