[Peace-discuss] sheesh / peace-discuss is addictive

[C. G. Estabrook]

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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