tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5547708920607079477..comments2024-03-29T08:01:24.851-05:00Comments on Althouse: At the Autumn Café...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76804007720885245152013-10-29T12:40:32.049-05:002013-10-29T12:40:32.049-05:00Two Sonnets for Fall
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So after summer, autumn ma...Two Sonnets for Fall<br /><br />I<br />So after summer, autumn makes a feint<br />To still an afternoon of naked trees<br />With tensile strength. It only fools the saint –<br />For we have felt the elemental breeze<br />That captivates the stripping act of leaves –<br />The ballets twirl in a furious mess.<br />From limbs to trunk to crotch, the plumage heaves<br />Its skirts like virgins dropping out of dress.<br />Upon the wind, the equinox enjoys<br />The sagging spheres of music. Perfect curves<br />Are tilting earthward, baring shoulders – toys<br />Of sun and shade. The failing daylight starves<br />Toward solstice – leaves the hungry eye no choice<br />But feasting on the famine it deserves. <br /><br />II<br />The ghostly glare of autumn sun absolves<br />The shades that stalk the woods. An arbor screen<br />Of leaves, like open paws of light, involves<br />The forest scene in flames of aging green<br />Engulfing virgin dark – where sunlight stands<br />The thought of emptiness – where grave and grove<br />Reside as each within the other’s hands,<br />And thistles voided by wind find love<br />In endless motion: maple whirlybirds<br />Are taking wing and glitter through the air<br />Like dragon scales. The air is full of words<br />That swell the streaming gulch with thoughts of fire.<br />At dusk, the season labors hard; it draws<br />A breath, and catkins tumble from its claws.<br />JOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546420633728668926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87324126105368202912013-10-28T21:08:14.203-05:002013-10-28T21:08:14.203-05:00Althouse, looking very fit! If I may say.
Althouse, looking very fit! If I may say.<br />JoyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023075108683227605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54599175844850357992013-10-28T18:38:07.508-05:002013-10-28T18:38:07.508-05:00The man is a legend, a god among those of us in th...The man is a legend, a god among those of us in the OGLFL communityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87726697096517583672013-10-28T17:38:01.265-05:002013-10-28T17:38:01.265-05:00Pictures?
In that first photo is Meade using his ...Pictures?<br /><br />In that first photo is Meade using his cleverly concealed Fly Cam? <br /><br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424384180201600935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54965242319464306712013-10-28T13:55:41.036-05:002013-10-28T13:55:41.036-05:00FYI for Althouse readers. The story of the volleyb...FYI for Althouse readers. The story of the volleyball player who was just picking up a friend who was drinking, fell apart. The locals are perplex why the national media turned the student into a hero. Other party goers and their parents are upset. <br /><br />The local news has the court records with the case. Some parts are not available because she is a minor. <br /><br />http://valleypatriot.com/erin-cox-mom-daughter-was-at-drinking-party-nearly-30-minutes-claims-punished-based-on-sex-in-restraining-order-request/Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852754398007790428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14310093446907304632013-10-28T13:40:40.678-05:002013-10-28T13:40:40.678-05:00Aaaaggghhh...I watched that 2nd pic for a minute w...Aaaaggghhh...I watched that 2nd pic for a minute waiting for the Chips Ahoy animation to burst out. Then I checked the tags and didn't see his name. Laughing at self. Oops.TMLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924861802986466066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33708793379936141512013-10-28T13:34:18.936-05:002013-10-28T13:34:18.936-05:00Who's that grumpy cat.Who's that grumpy cat.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055468613470143350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28587419570926815212013-10-28T13:32:11.310-05:002013-10-28T13:32:11.310-05:00So time change is coming also, which reminds me of...So time change is coming also, which reminds me of this joke:<br />First guy visits a friend who is dyslexic.<br />His friend is applying black shoe dye to his penis.<br />First guy says "You idiot, I said make sure to turn your clock back".Lnelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10761267045056702041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27016009899450539482013-10-28T13:15:47.414-05:002013-10-28T13:15:47.414-05:00I prefer Gordon Lightfoot to Thomas Hood:
"S...I prefer Gordon Lightfoot to Thomas Hood:<br /><br />"Superior, they said,<br />never gives up her dead<br />when the gales of November come ER-LEE!"<br /><br />Free associating. Sorry.Jmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223827169213248079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5631451197410950972013-10-28T12:52:59.788-05:002013-10-28T12:52:59.788-05:00Soon enough, in less than a week, a big wind will ...Soon enough, in less than a week, a big wind will take off all the leaves, and we're left with the gray sticks and gray skies of November. My least-favorite month. <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/november-2/" rel="nofollow">Thomas Hood said it best.</a>MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61557657589600614362013-10-28T12:49:07.197-05:002013-10-28T12:49:07.197-05:00TROLL? I like to think of myself more as a naviga...TROLL? I like to think of myself more as a navigator. I'm here to help you find your way through AlthouseCare. <br />Sorry but this might take a while. <br />Please pardon our dust.Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.com