tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post4645402883645186500..comments2023-08-10T16:06:35.452+01:00Comments on Scholar's Blog: Poetry Friday 55Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-32806202746133457322007-06-24T15:29:00.000+01:002007-06-24T15:29:00.000+01:00Elaine it was no trouble to mention you - I was gr...Elaine it was no trouble to mention you - I was grateful for the intro to Szymborska whom I would never have otherwise discovered...<BR/><BR/>I'm drowning in work - and trying not to drown in the incessant rain - and also trying to write two stories at once (which doesn't in any way guarantee sanity), but otherwise well, thanks.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-56532045547248211282007-06-24T15:15:00.000+01:002007-06-24T15:15:00.000+01:00Michele, I'm happy to have introduced you to the p...Michele, <BR/><BR/>I'm happy to have introduced you to the poetry of Szymborska. Thanks for the nod to my postings at Wild Rose Reader and Blue Rose Girls. <BR/><BR/>I was on vacation for a week up in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont--so I haven't posted for a week. Hope all is well in the Mother Country!Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-2876021769683473252007-06-22T17:12:00.000+01:002007-06-22T17:12:00.000+01:00We've had so much rain during June that the earth ...We've had so much rain during June that the earth is far from dry - in fact, there's been severe flooding in some areas of the country.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-8700547352027365412007-06-22T17:09:00.000+01:002007-06-22T17:09:00.000+01:00Tennis makes rain for you; a certain famousish gol...Tennis makes rain for you; a certain famousish golf tournament around Memorial Day guarantees rain for us here. And today, out of nowhere, not forecast, not predicted, we have...RAIN! (The dry earth rejoices.)Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-33801810435406648122007-06-22T15:42:00.000+01:002007-06-22T15:42:00.000+01:00Thanks Kelly... No Shakespeare this week - I thoug...Thanks Kelly... No Shakespeare this week - I thought I'd give someone else a chance - plus I love that poem of Thomas' - it speaks to the WW1 experience so beautifully I feel...Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-78527007716380903762007-06-22T15:38:00.000+01:002007-06-22T15:38:00.000+01:00No Shakespeare this week in your post, and yet you...No Shakespeare this week in your post, and yet your choice reminded me of this:<BR/><BR/>When that I was and a little tiny boy<BR/>With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,<BR/>A foolish thing was but a toy,<BR/>For the rain it raineth every day.<BR/><BR/>But when I came to man's estate,<BR/>With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,<BR/>'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,<BR/>For the rain it raineth every day.<BR/><BR/>But when I came, alas, to wive,<BR/>With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,<BR/>By swaggering could I never thrive,<BR/>For the rain it raineth every day.<BR/><BR/>But when I came unto my beds,<BR/>With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,<BR/>With toss-pots still 'had drunken heads,<BR/>For the rain it raineth every day.<BR/><BR/>A great while ago the world began,<BR/>With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,<BR/>But that's all one, our play is done,<BR/>And we'll strive to please you every day.<BR/><BR/> -- William ShakespeareAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-36251656394527100712007-06-22T14:28:00.000+01:002007-06-22T14:28:00.000+01:00You're welcome.You're welcome.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-8869022615835839742007-06-22T14:25:00.000+01:002007-06-22T14:25:00.000+01:00Rain has a way of seeping into your consciousness ...Rain has a way of seeping into your consciousness somehow and soaking out of you what you never knew existed.We are connected with water in such a biological and emotional way. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for posting the poem.Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08111322434232094665noreply@blogger.com