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Brilliant work, Marty!

Ed

Post 1

Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 2:31am

Thanks, Ed. I am happy to share this with you and the rest of the SOLO community.

Post 2

Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 7:17am

Lots of sterling lines:

"That, full of things mysterious,"

"Mankind yearning to be freed."

"Myth, dogma, superstition,
"The wicked alliance of state and religion"

"That they'd been replaced by natural law."

Your best work yet, Marty. This has some real Emersonian sinew in it.

Post 3

Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 9:34am

Thanks, Jay. I started reading and writing poetry after seeing "Dead Poets Society."

Post 4

Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 11:13am

That was pretty cool.
(Edited by Joe Maurone
on 9/14, 9:55pm)

Post 5

Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 9:52pm

That movie was cool. The English teacher (played by Robin Williams) combined literature, music, sports and spirit in that one scene in which students kicked a soccer ball after reading a noble quote to the sound of heroic music.

Where were teachers like him when I went to high school?

Post 6

Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:58pm

Wow, Marty, a true pleasure. I liked And the evil enemies of mankind saw
That they'd been replaced by natural law.

I love it when poetry is informed by the author's knowledge of history. And when I read someone who has a good sense of aesthetics I want to say, "thank you, thank you so much!"

Joe M: what did you edit when all you wrote "this is cool?" :) I personally dislike the edit notification because I like to sneak back and make changes. But I guess some people would call that gaslighting.

Julia

Post 7

Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:58pm

Julia, I edited it to clarify that I thought the poem was cool, not referring to the movie (though I have never seen Dead Poets Society, nothing personal.)

Post 8

Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 9:03pm

Maybe I'll watch that movie again. The last time I watched it it was a chore for a government school.

Marty, excellent poem. I've newly found respect for poetry. Thank you very much.

Post 9

Saturday, September 17, 2005 - 3:11pm

Great work, Marty. The message is clear, and it scans quite well.

Post 10

Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 1:10am