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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 07:58 AM
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The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Wed 12/21/05)
No Second Troy

WHY should I blame her that she filled my days
With misery, or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways,
Or hurled the little streets upon the great.
Had they but courage equal to desire?
What could have made her peaceful with a mind
That nobleness made simple as a fire,
With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind
That is not natural in an age like this,
Being high and solitary and most stern?
Why, what could she have done, being what she is?
Was there another Troy for her to burn?

William Butler Yeats

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RL
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 08:20 AM
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1. I adore Yeats
once again you SCORE...man you are awesome...
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 09:04 AM
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3. Thanks!
I was looking for a different Yeats poem and stumbled into this one.

Really like it.

:hi:

RL
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 08:23 AM
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2. Wonderful!
Thanks RL! :hi:

I love Yeats.
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swimboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 09:10 AM
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4. Hey, RL
Thanks for the poem. It sounds like the subject knew her calling. :hi:
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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 10:48 AM
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5. I though of you yesterday, RL
when I stumbled upon this poem:

On the Strength of All Conviction and the Stamina of Love

Sometimes I think
we could have gone on.
All of us. Trying. Forever.

But they didn't fill
the desert with pyramids.
They just built some. Some.

They're not still out there,
building them now. Everyone,
everywhere, gets up, and goes home.

Yet we must not
diabolize time. Right?
We must not curse the passage of time.

-- Jennifer Michael Hecht

I adore Yeats, though I wonder how different his work would have been without Maud Gonne.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 10:55 AM
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7. "They just built some. Some."
Hmm, I like this one. THanks for posting it!

:hi:

RL
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 10:49 AM
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6. I like this one...
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 11:45 AM
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8. Hey there!
How's it going?

:hi:

RL
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 12:28 PM
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10. wonderfully...and you?
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 02:04 PM
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16. Surviving...
RL
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 02:15 PM
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18. ...
:hug:
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 11:52 AM
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9. There IS another Troy...
Washington, DC.

Or Oostberg. :P
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 01:59 PM
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13. Oostberg is fun to say out loud...
Oostberg

Oostberg

Oostberg

:D

:crazy:

RL
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 02:03 PM
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14. I know....
you were screaming it at the top of your lungs, remember? :woohoo:
(I think that's when they threw us out.)
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 02:03 PM
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15. Yeah, and it is damn cold beind tossed out
wearing nothing but my Santa Hat...

:crazy:

RL
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 02:30 PM
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19. At least I got a pic...
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 03:27 PM
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20. Damn, I look good for 44 yrs old...
Did you find the needle in the haystack?

:blush:

RL
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 03:53 PM
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21. Aw, Retro...
Don't go selling yourself short.

It was more than enough for me. :7
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Callalily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 01:37 PM
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11. Very nice RL . . .
and Rev, I suspect only a Wisconsinite has ever heard of Oostberg! Or can pronounce it properly.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 01:57 PM
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12. I once worked with a guy from Oostberg
Only reason I've heard of it...

:D

RL
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 02:12 PM
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17. That's a stinger.
Very nice! I thought of putting a book of poetry on my list for Christmas, since I'm a bit weary of all the stuff I have at home, but I couldn't decide on a good one. At least you supply some gems!
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 06:28 PM
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22. Ask for a bookstore gift certificate
Then you get to shop!

RL
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