Comments on: Sarah Palin & Censorship http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/09/14/sarah-palin-censorship/ Joseph Duemer's blog about reading, writing, politics, birds, food, & weather Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:31:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: May http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/09/14/sarah-palin-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-8234 May Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:05:20 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=738#comment-8234 Nice poem. Nice poem.

]]> By: edward mycue http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/09/14/sarah-palin-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-8233 edward mycue Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:00:58 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=738#comment-8233 here's a poem of mine--old theme, new occasion. THE EARLY GRAPE We are the early grape flat, dry, and cloudy. The time is short, but some days never end. There is no joyous lake. There is no incantation that can bend the moment back into the patterns we may see too late. Wait for tomorrow? Tomorrow never comes. Wait for tomorrow? Tomorrow never comes. Three's a crowd. The spunky one's the cream in your coffee. I know I know we said. That's the thing! Do it. Do it now. Early wine is flat, dry, and cloudy and some days never end. There is no joyous lake. There is no incantation that will bend the moment back into patterns we have seen too late. EDWARD MYCUE here’s a poem of mine–old theme, new occasion.

THE EARLY GRAPE

We are the early grape
flat, dry, and cloudy.
The time is short,
but some days never end.
There is no joyous lake.
There is no incantation
that can bend the moment back
into the patterns we may see too late.

Wait for tomorrow?
Tomorrow never comes.
Wait for tomorrow?
Tomorrow never comes.

Three’s a crowd.
The spunky one’s the cream in your coffee.
I know I know we said.
That’s the thing!
Do it. Do it now.

Early wine is flat, dry, and cloudy
and some days never end.
There is no joyous lake.
There is no incantation
that will bend the moment back
into patterns we have seen too late.

EDWARD MYCUE

]]> By: pablo http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/09/14/sarah-palin-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-8232 pablo Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:14:18 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=738#comment-8232 It's howlingly ironic that by attempting to censor things like books, the right is actually creating the "nanny state" they always bemoan the left is attempting to create. It’s howlingly ironic that by attempting to censor things like books, the right is actually creating the “nanny state” they always bemoan the left is attempting to create.

]]> By: May http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/09/14/sarah-palin-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-8231 May Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:56:12 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=738#comment-8231 I've seen this tendency somewhere else. Actually it seesm to be a pattern. I’ve seen this tendency somewhere else. Actually it seesm to be a pattern.

]]> By: jd http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/09/14/sarah-palin-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-8230 jd Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:12:36 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=738#comment-8230 May, there is, historically, a strong current of anti-intellectualism in American history. It is connected with religious fundamentalism & contains a deep sense of resentment against perceived "elites." May, there is, historically, a strong current of anti-intellectualism in American history. It is connected with religious fundamentalism & contains a deep sense of resentment against perceived “elites.”

]]> By: May http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/09/14/sarah-palin-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-8229 May Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:09:32 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=738#comment-8229 "Anti-intellectual": well said. I got the same impression although I live in a different continent. And, mind, I do not mean to associate this trait with the number of years spent in school. “Anti-intellectual”: well said.
I got the same impression although I live in a different continent. And, mind, I do not mean to associate this trait with the number of years spent in school.

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