I know noble accents
And lucid, inescapable rhythms;
But I know, too,
That the blackbird is involved
In what I know.
Wallace Stevens, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.
The other twelve are here.
August 16, 2012
Poetry of the day, this cheered me up a bit when I read it on the bus edition
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This peom cheered me up on the bus this morning “Little doggy, crossing street, motorcar, sausage meat” I was travelling up Willis Street at the time.
Comment by Clunking Fist — August 16, 2012 @ 7:58 pm
I dunno, Paula Bennett was pretty poetic today [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG4M9P-L5CY?feature=player_embedded&w=640&h=360%5D
Comment by max — August 16, 2012 @ 9:02 pm
Along numberless shiny beaches
The only thing with passion
Is the angry beak of the oystercatcher
Comment by M0 — August 17, 2012 @ 10:36 am
In numbered shiny towers
there sits no passion
only angry civil servants
in tweed
Comment by Phil — August 17, 2012 @ 1:10 pm
Debaaaate meeeee
Debate me again
Debate me
Debate me, my friend
You’re not the only Bill
Oh no
You’re not the only Bill
Oh no
You’re not the only Bill
Oh no
You’re not the only Bill
Comment by Dan — August 17, 2012 @ 4:16 pm
Clunking Fist, full of wrath
Reminds us he’s a psychopath
max, full of lunchtime drink
posts some bullshit youtube link
I can’t explain M0′s prose
Unless he’s channeling Bridgeman (oh noes!)
Phil brings us back on-topic
Focussed but not too myopic
Dan’s lame parody makes me cringe
like one of those kids with the massive fringe
(apologies for the terrible rhyming, and the the insults aren’t real, they’re purely there to assist the terrible rhyming)
(i do really enjoy terrible rhyming though)
-k.
Comment by kim — August 17, 2012 @ 4:49 pm
“… the insults aren’t real, they’re purely there to assist with the terrible rhyming”
Absolute classic!
Comment by Dan — August 17, 2012 @ 4:58 pm
Righto you lot need to get out a bit more actually a lot more.
Comment by wusel — August 17, 2012 @ 7:22 pm
Is this about the demise of the Labour Party?
Comment by gn35 — August 17, 2012 @ 8:18 pm
Stevens should have listened to a thrush or a tui.
Far more melodious than any blackbird, or any of the above posts.
Comment by peterlepaysan — August 17, 2012 @ 8:49 pm
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtIHwbguO4&w=420&h=315%5D
couldn’t resist
Comment by NeilM — August 17, 2012 @ 9:18 pm
Lovely words crew.
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Comment by Luke. — August 18, 2012 @ 9:13 am