On This Date
According to The Writer’s Almanac,
On this date in history were born
Ban Ki-Moon
William Butler Yeats
Cristo
And Dorothy Sayers.
And Alexander the Great
Died, or so they believe.
What a cataclysm
Must have been arranged
In the heavens
To spawn
A great Korean statesman
A profound Irish poet
An innovative sculptor
And a first-class novelist.
And to reclaim
The 33-year-old world conqueror
Who slept with a copy of
The Iliad
Under his pillow.
June 13, 2009
Seattle
Ban Ki-Moon and Cristo references here.
I don't know which I like better: the wind turbines or the clouds.
The falls at Great Falls, Montana, are not the highest I've seen but they are pretty impressive, nonetheless.
These old grain elevators dot the landscape in farm country, most of which stand beside the newer round metal ones that are not nearly so aesthetically pleasing.
And for you, who don't care for either poems or pictures, better luck next time.
3 comments:
Now this is my kind of poem - short and to the point! Love the photos, and agree that the old grain elevators are the best, for the same reason that I take more photos of old abandoned houses than newer subdivision ones - their now unique and have a history.
I hate grammatical or spelling errors, and have to correct them whenever possible ... I meant "they're" now unique, not "their"!
Poem A Day sounds like a lot of pressure. Poem When The Spirit Moves Me seems more in keeping with Lila.
p.s. The word verification to comment on your blog today is "foater." Sounds like a Wells word - like phlurg.
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