October 2011
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"The Writer" by Richard Wilbur
In her room at the prow of the house Where light breaks, and the windows are tossed with linden, My daughter is writing a story.
I pause in the stairwell, hearing From her shut door a commotion of typewriter-keys Like a chain hauled over a gunwale.
Young as she is, the stuff Of her life is a great cargo, and some of it heavy: I wish her a lucky passage.
But now it is she who pauses, As if to...
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"Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is...
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Making a Halloween Playlist →
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CLASSICS:
1. Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Picket and the Cryptkickers 2. I Put a Spell on You from Hocus Pocus 3. The Addams Family from The Addams Family
4. Ghostbusters by Ray Parker, Jr.
5. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by J.S. Bach
6. Theme from Halloween by John Carpenter
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Beware the autumn people
“For some, autumn comes early, stays late, through life, where October follows September and November touches October and then instead of December and Christ’s birth there is no Bethlehem Star, no rejoicing, but September comes again and old October and so on down the years, with no winter, spring or revivifying summer.
“For these beings, fall is the only normal season, the only weather, there be...
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Robert Frost, "Fire and Ice"
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Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. (submitted by leairene)
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Hamlet quote
“Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.” – William Shakespeare, Hamlet
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Sharing Poetry: Naomi Shihab Nye, "Bees see your... →
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Nashville warblers see you as a scary-looking tree. Garden snakes slithering into lilies see you as a storm. The abandoned house perceives a possible doctor. You sweep up mouse crumbs, then turn your back. Children on the other side of the world see you as glittering. Depressive sees your…
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