[Peace-discuss] sheesh / peace-discuss is addictive
C. G. Estabrook
galliher at illinois.edu
Tue Oct 19 23:26:19 CDT 2010
When I used to do a radio show on poetry/theatre ("From Bard to Verse...") with
a great local actress, we would intone this once a year.
One of the great poems of the 20th century, written when this kid from St. Louis
was all of 23.
On 10/19/10 11:16 PM, John W. wrote:
> T.S. Elliot?
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 11:40 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu
> <mailto:galliher at illinois.edu>> wrote:
>
> LET us go then, you and I,
> When the evening is spread out against the sky
> Like a patient etherised upon a table;
> Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
> The muttering retreats
> Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
> And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
> Streets that follow like a tedious argument
> Of insidious intent
> To lead you to an overwhelming question …
> Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”
> Let us go and make our visit...
>
>
> On 10/17/10 10:34 PM, Karen Medina wrote:
> > I was too frequently distracted
> by conversations on peace-discuss, so
>
> > I decided to go cold turkey and unsubscribe. People replied
> to all
>
> > --> I was still overhearing the conversations. I could not
> resist
>
> > reading. And responding. [Sigh] I re-subscribed. [sheesh]
>
>
>
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