Langston Hughes

[Anon E. Mouse]

Interesting, I was just studying his works in Liturature last week.

Speaking of poetry... anyone have some good stuff they can refer me to?
Specifically stuff from the last half of the past century. I have an
assignment to pick a favorite poem, but don't know enough to have a
favorite.

I was considering limericks, but...

[t***@null.com]

Post by Anon E. Mouse
Interesting, I was just studying his works in Liturature last week.
Speaking of poetry... anyone have some good stuff they can refer me to?
Specifically stuff from the last half of the past century. I have an
assignment to pick a favorite poem, but don't know enough to have a
favorite.
I was considering limericks, but...

...Langston Huges is cool, but I don't do poetry.

[Amused]

Post by t***@null.com

Post by Anon E. Mouse
Interesting, I was just studying his works in Liturature last week.
Speaking of poetry... anyone have some good stuff they can refer me to?
Specifically stuff from the last half of the past century. I have an
assignment to pick a favorite poem, but don't know enough to have a
favorite.
I was considering limericks, but...

...Langston Huges is cool, but I don't do poetry.

Ask Frank and Figaro to whip you up something original.

James...

[t***@null.com]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:20:05 -0500, "Amused"

Post by Amused

Post by t***@null.com
...Langston Huges is cool, but I don't do poetry.

Ask Frank and Figaro to whip you up something original.
James...

...perfect!

[Anon E. Mouse]

I'm cautious about asking people in the groups to whip me up something
original...

[Anon E. Mouse]

I remember.

[t***@null.com]

Post by Anon E. Mouse
I remember.

...you need to leave part of the post you're replying to in the reply
so we know what the hell you're talking about and to whom...

[Anon E. Mouse]

Dogg grumbled:
...you need to leave part of the post you're replying to in the reply
so we know what the hell you're talking about and to whom...


How the hell do I do that? Other than cut and paste? I thought if I
replied to a specific post the post I'm replying to should somehow
attach. Apparently it doesn't work like that.

[trudogg]

Post by Anon E. Mouse
How the hell do I do that? Other than cut and paste? I thought if I
replied to a specific post the post I'm replying to should somehow
attach. Apparently it doesn't work like that.

...you're using the google groups. I haven't really messed with that,
but when you reply to a message doesn't it have the post replied to
inside it?

[ntn]

Post by trudogg

Post by Anon E. Mouse
How the hell do I do that? Other than cut and paste? I thought if I
replied to a specific post the post I'm replying to should somehow
attach. Apparently it doesn't work like that.

...you're using the google groups. I haven't really messed with that,
but when you reply to a message doesn't it have the post replied to
inside it?

Googlew has a way to do that, I hear, but it isn't obvious or
intuitive. Their default posting has no quotes.

[trudogg]

Post by ntn

Post by trudogg
...you're using the google groups. I haven't really messed with that,
but when you reply to a message doesn't it have the post replied to
inside it?

Googlew has a way to do that, I hear, but it isn't obvious or
intuitive. Their default posting has no quotes.

...doesn't make much sense.

[ntn]

Post by t***@null.com

Post by Anon E. Mouse
Interesting, I was just studying his works in Liturature last week.
Speaking of poetry... anyone have some good stuff they can refer me to?
Specifically stuff from the last half of the past century. I have an
assignment to pick a favorite poem, but don't know enough to have a
favorite.
I was considering limericks, but...

...Langston Huges is cool, but I don't do poetry.

Get a book of Robert Frost.

Jim Morrison had a couple of volumes of poetry out, too.

[trudogg]

Post by ntn

Post by t***@null.com
...Langston Huges is cool, but I don't do poetry.

Get a book of Robert Frost.
Jim Morrison had a couple of volumes of poetry out, too.

...I did Frost in high school...weenie.

[Ernie B.]

Post by ntn

Post by t***@null.com

Post by Anon E. Mouse
Interesting, I was just studying his works in Liturature last week.
Speaking of poetry... anyone have some good stuff they can refer me to?
Specifically stuff from the last half of the past century. I have an
assignment to pick a favorite poem, but don't know enough to have a
favorite.
I was considering limericks, but...

...Langston Huges is cool, but I don't do poetry.

Get a book of Robert Frost.
Jim Morrison had a couple of volumes of poetry out, too.

Leonard Nimoy also.

[Anon E. Mouse]

Post by Ernie B.

Post by ntn

Post by t***@null.com

Post by Anon E. Mouse
I was considering limericks, but...

...Langston Huges is cool, but I don't do poetry.

Get a book of Robert Frost.
Jim Morrison had a couple of volumes of poetry out, too.

Leonard Nimoy also.

I would never have thought of Nimoy. Thanks, Ernie. In the next three
weeks I have to read some poetry and pick a favorite to read in
literature class. I kinda like Poe's Raven but it has to be the last
half of the last century to present. Plus, "The Raven" is rather long.

[Ernie B.]

Post by Anon E. Mouse
I kinda like Poe's Raven but it has to be the last
half of the last century to present. Plus, "The Raven" is rather long.

Speaking of Poe...
===========================================
SUPPOSE EDGAR ALLAN POE HAD USED A COMPUTER

Once upon a midnight dreary, fingers cramped and vision bleary,
System manuals piled high and wasted paper on the floor,
Longing for the warmth of bedsheets,
Still I sat there, doing spreadsheets:
Having reached the bottom line,
I took a floppy from the drawer.
Typing with a steady hand, I then invoked the SAVE command and waited for
the disk to store,
Only this and nothing more.

Deep into the monitor peering, long I sat there wond'ring, fearing,
Doubting, while the disk kept churning, turning yet to churn some more.
"Save!" I said, "You cursed mother! Save my data from before!"
One thing did the phosphors answer, only this and nothing more,
Just, "Abort, Retry, Ignore?"

Was this some occult illusion? Some maniacal intrusion?
These were choices undesired, ones I'd never faced before.
Carefully, I weighed the choices as the disk made impish noises.
The cursor flashed, insistent, waiting, baiting me to type some more.
Clearly I must press a key, choosing one and nothing more, =20
From "Choose Abort, Retry, Ignore?"

With my fingers pale and trembling
Slowly toward the keyboard bending,
Longing for a happy ending, hoping all would be restored,
Praying for some guarantee
Timidly I pressed a key.
But on the screen there still persisted words appearing as before.
Ghastly grim they blinked and taunted, haunted, as my patience wore,
Saying "Abort, Retry, Ignore?"

I tried to catch the chips off-guard --
I pressed again, but twice as hard.
I pleaded with the cursed machine: I begged and cried and then I swore.
Now in desperation, trying random combinations,
Still there came the incantation, just as senseless as before.
Cursor blinking, angrily winking, blinking nonsense as before.
Reading, "Abort, Retry, Ignore?"

There I sat, distraught, exhausted by my own machine accosted
Getting up I turned away and paced across the office floor.
And then I saw dreadful sight: a lightning bolt cut through the night.
A gasp of horror overtook me, shook me to my core.
The lightning zapped my previous data, lost and gone forevermore.
Not even, "Abort, Retry, Ignore?"

To this day I do not know
The place to which lost data goes.
What demonic nether world is wrought where data will be stored,
Beyond the reach of mortal souls, beyond the ether, into black holes?
But sure as there's C, Pascal, Lotus, Ashton-Tate and more,
You will one day be left to wander, lost on some Plutonian shore,
Pleading, "Abort, Retry, Ignore?"

Author Unknown
=============================================

[Anon E. Mouse]

Post by Ernie B.

Post by Anon E. Mouse
I kinda like Poe's Raven but it has to be the last
half of the last century to present. Plus, "The Raven" is rather long.

Speaking of Poe...
===========================================
SUPPOSE EDGAR ALLAN POE HAD USED A COMPUTER

<snip>

That was rather entertaining.

[Anon E. Mouse]

Post by ntn
Get a book of Robert Frost.
Jim Morrison had a couple of volumes of poetry out, too.
--
Tommy

Thanks, Tommy. I'll see if they are in the library.

[Amused]

Post by Anon E. Mouse

Post by ntn
Get a book of Robert Frost.
Jim Morrison had a couple of volumes of poetry out, too.
--
Tommy

Thanks, Tommy. I'll see if they are in the library.

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

Repeat as often as necessary...
Works best with a bottle of cheap wine....
On a hot summer's night..

[Frank]

Post by Anon E. Mouse
Interesting, I was just studying his works in Liturature last week.
Speaking of poetry... anyone have some good stuff they can refer me to?
Specifically stuff from the last half of the past century. I have an
assignment to pick a favorite poem, but don't know enough to have a
favorite.
I was considering limericks, but...

Desiderata by Max Ehrmann.

[Anon E. Mouse]

Post by Frank

Post by Anon E. Mouse
Interesting, I was just studying his works in Liturature last week.
Speaking of poetry... anyone have some good stuff they can refer me to?
Specifically stuff from the last half of the past century. I have an
assignment to pick a favorite poem, but don't know enough to have a
favorite.
I was considering limericks, but...

Desiderata by Max Ehrmann.
--
Frank

Very nice, Frank. Wise advice. Hits home.

[Frank]

Post by Anon E. Mouse

Post by Frank

Post by Anon E. Mouse
Interesting, I was just studying his works in Liturature last week.
Speaking of poetry... anyone have some good stuff they can refer me to?
Specifically stuff from the last half of the past century. I have an
assignment to pick a favorite poem, but don't know enough to have a
favorite.
I was considering limericks, but...

Desiderata by Max Ehrmann.
--
Frank

Very nice, Frank. Wise advice. Hits home.

... and for something silly, but original...

The Legend of The Lonely Friar

A long time ago in the hills of New York
Lived a balding an grizzled old friar
Whose cabin was set on a medium hill,
For ages he'd wished to be higher.

He packed up his gear, decided to leave,
And so from his abode set forth
With nowt but a stick, a bag full of grub,
And a compass to point his way north.

He passed the great lake, 'twas too far across,
'Til he found the Saint Lawrence river,
Decided to camp on the bank for the night,
Piled leaves up to ward off a shiver.

He woke with the dawn, caught a fish for to eat
Then readied himself for the trek.
A fisherman rowed him across the St. L
The ride made him a nervous wreck.

When safely across he blessed the young lad
And thanked him so much for the ride,
Then continued north on his wobbly legs,
In truth he was sea sick inside.

Now in the fair land of the red maple leaf
He noticed the going was steep,
The berries and nuts were not food enough
And he needed a warm place to sleep.

He crested a hill and saw a clear spot
With a cabin quite rustic but pretty,
And couldn't but help to wonder aloud
If the owner on him might take pity.

He knocked on the door and was startled to see
That it opened just an inch or two
To reveal a form, some long golden hair,
And eyes that were startling blue.

In a quavering voice (he'd been walking a while)
He started to explain his plight,
But was quickly stopped when the door opened wide
To reveal a most gorgeous sight.

She asked if he needed some shelter and food,
And set about brewing some tea.
Accepting, he thanked her and then asked her name,
"It's Anna that my friends call me."

"Well, Anna my dear, you have saved this man's life,
Of sustenance I am in need.
I'll have a wee bite, a sip of some ale,
And my nose says you've just smoked some weed."

Now Anna was a bit taken aback,
She said she'd no need of a sermon.
The friar just laughed, said "I've been defrocked,
And by the way, just call me Herman.

I found, a while back, while giving it thought
I never should have been a friar
I did some ten years 'fore giving it up.
I thought of myself as a liar."

Then Anna exclaimed, "You seem a good sort,
You might as well stay here and rest.
I'll cook you a meal, we'll have a few laughs
'Cause the stuff that I smoke is the best."

The story ends here, he never moved on,
Deciding that he should retire
At this lovely spot in the northern hills,
No more with a need to get higher.

[Anon E. Mouse]

<snip> The story ends here, he never moved on,

Post by Frank
Deciding that he should retire
At this lovely spot in the northern hills,
No more with a need to get higher.
--
Frank

No author... did you write it Frank?

[Frank]

Post by Anon E. Mouse
<snip> The story ends here, he never moved on,

Post by Frank
Deciding that he should retire
At this lovely spot in the northern hills,
No more with a need to get higher.
--
Frank

No author... did you write it Frank?

Yes, I said it was original.