tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post2448197003528419335..comments2024-03-28T15:09:21.698-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Poetry Friday - UlyssesTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-26569336681881087942008-06-21T06:52:00.000-04:002008-06-21T06:52:00.000-04:00This is a longer poem than I usually have patience...This is a longer poem than I usually have patience for, but I just love the spirit of it. These lines: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end,<BR/>To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!<BR/>As though to breathe were life." Sum it all up for me. Let's go to sea today!Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-77682382951135050402008-06-20T09:27:00.000-04:002008-06-20T09:27:00.000-04:00Ah, I love this poem, Tricia. One of my old standb...Ah, I love this poem, Tricia. One of my old standbys. (That "aged wife" thing bugs me like crazy--she's been fending off suitors for ten years!-- but that's part of why it's such a great poem to teach...)Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406720496767981522noreply@blogger.com