My first poem published in the Met Diary. This appeared in the
Times' online edition on 1/21/15, and in the print edition on 1/26/2015.
Enjoy!
Paul (Silly)
(A note about excerpting: As the author of this work, I have received
an official release from
The New York Times to reprint this piece in its entirely: “You may reprint your story elsewhere after it appears in The Times.”)
1 posted on
02/01/2015 2:24:26 PM PST by
Silly
To: Silly
2 posted on
02/01/2015 2:27:42 PM PST by
EternalVigilance
(Jeb Bush should be running for president of Mexico.)
To: Silly
That is a very beautiful poem!
Keep on writing them.
You are darn good!
3 posted on
02/01/2015 2:28:17 PM PST by
miserare
("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
To: Silly
To: Silly
Congratulations! Great poem: seeing the extraordinary in the mundane.
5 posted on
02/01/2015 2:29:44 PM PST by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: Silly
6 posted on
02/01/2015 2:30:40 PM PST by
woofie
To: Silly
8 posted on
02/01/2015 2:32:10 PM PST by
Katya
(Homo Nosce Te Ipsum)
To: Silly
I enjoyed the poem, the lyrical phrasing coated with familiar imagery. Made me think of some work by Yates.
To: Silly
10 posted on
02/01/2015 2:36:14 PM PST by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: Silly
12 posted on
02/01/2015 2:41:59 PM PST by
Gefn
(Forget the Super Bowl. The Big Bowl action is the Kitten Bowl.)
To: Silly
As a geek who generally disdains poetry.......loved that poem.
Keep on truckin’!
To: Silly
That was charming, thank you for sharing it!
15 posted on
02/01/2015 3:15:17 PM PST by
Tax-chick
("It's always a longer trip when you defy God." ~ Msgr. Charles Pope)
To: Silly
I’ll send this to my friend who ran the homeschool association Hobbit Club. We studied the book for nine months before the first movie came out. Even my thick-headed #4 son got enough out of it to mumble, “Hey, that wasn’t in the book!”
17 posted on
02/01/2015 4:13:01 PM PST by
Tax-chick
("It's always a longer trip when you defy God." ~ Msgr. Charles Pope)
To: Silly
Hey Silly, congratulations! Love the poem - I’m sure I’ll find myself looking for that Reader next time I’m on the 1 train!
Nice to see you again on FR. Please add me to your ping list. And when’s the next Manhattan FReeper Happy Hour?
20 posted on
02/01/2015 10:15:26 PM PST by
free-in-nyc
(Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
To: Silly
Nice poem! I like the image. Sounds like Samwise Gamgee reading it. (I know, wrong book! LOL!)
21 posted on
02/01/2015 10:24:09 PM PST by
Hetty_Fauxvert
(FUBO, and the useful idiots you rode in on!)
To: Silly
Paul, that sounds a lot like our current president.... I can picture him doing just that on his way to a work site, just checking up on things, going incognito.
In any case, congrats!
To: Silly
You really paint a very vivid picture!
Well done!
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