More poetry. This one I fell in love with when I heard Ted Hughes reading it on an audio book. That man had a hell of a voice, and I'm a romantic sap.

Donal Og
Anonymous
trans. by Lady Gregory

It is late last night the dog was speaking of you;
the snipe was speaking of you in her deep marsh.
It is you are the lonely bird through the woods;
and that you ( Read more... )

One night in late November, at about 12:30, Kelly came over to my place for a late-night homework session. We were both totally out of it, but she came in and made me read this poem. Totally refreshing. Perked me right up.

The Idea of Order at Key West
Wallace Stevens
She sang beyond the genius of the sea.
The water never formed to mind or voice,
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It's been about a year since I fell in love with this poem, and it's been popping into my head a few times a month ever since. It's time to share.

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
ee cummings

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
any experience, your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me ( Read more... )

What's with all you Kelowna boys, anyway? Yeesh.

Reading for sheer pleasure is the most exciting thing I've done this week.

I JUST FINISHED UNIVERSITY.

Yessssssssssssssssssssss.

Figures that it would take until the very last two months of my university career to discover that I am actually quite good at spitting out a solid 1000-word paper.

Dear newly-found skill,

Please apply to things that I will actually need to do after today at 5 p.m.

Love,
Bronwen

Theatre school must be finally getting to me. I haven't been able to listen to anything other than Italian love songs, musical theatre duets, and sappy power ballads today.

Bah.

Tonight I somehow, in spite of the eviction of the previous tenants, ended up in the exact same loft I spent (parts of) last Hallowe'en in. An entirely different kind of party, a significantly more sober me, a lot more klezmer, a lot less making out, a much better costume, a lot more fun boys (and girls!) to dance with... but same space.

Weird,