Text The German poet and writer Annette von Droste-Hülshoff was born in 1797. Her poem Die Vergeltung (the retaliation) is about a shipwreck during a storm. A passenger survives and floats in debris, knowing that he will eventually sink and die. When he finds a sick man clinging to a strong log, he dislodges and [...]
Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category
German Poem: Die Vergeltung – by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Posted in Memory, Poetry, tagged German Poetry on May 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Poem: Mondnacht
Posted in Poetry on October 20, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Very seldom do I stumble across poetry that really touches me. Mondnacht (moon night) is one such poem. I saw it as a youth, memorized it, thanks to a persistent, and at the time loathed, German teacher. I wrote it into the cover of a book some time later. Then I completely forgot about it. [...]
The Ballad of Obami and Osami – by SongsofJoe
Posted in Cool People, Music, Poetry, Political, Relatives / Friends on June 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Joe is my brother-in-law (accurately: boyfriend of my sister). He runs a language school in Germany, and he is a hobby songwriter and poet. He is also a fellow Bob Dylan fan. He wrote the ballad below as a present to Bob Dylan for his 70th birthday.
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening – by Robert Frost
Posted in Poetry on January 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. [...]
What Teachers Make – by Taylor Mali
Posted in Cool People, Poetry on December 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dedicated to all you teachers out there:
Invictus
Posted in Poetry on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Invictus – by William Ernest Henley (1849 – 1903) Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is [...]
Another Poetry Slam
Posted in Poetry on February 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Tonight we went to attend another Poetry Slam put on by the Full Moon Poets. We were there last year and enjoyed it very much. This year I was one of the five judges. I was judge number three, the one that was booed most of the time for giving the low scores – in case you [...]
Poetry Slam – Full Moon Poets
Posted in Poetry on February 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last night we went to the “Poetry Slam,” a poetry competition put on by a local group called the Full Moon Poets. I expected a few quirky and bookish people sit and read sentimental stuff. I was way off. The La Paloma in Encinitas, an alternative movie theater, was at least half full with spectators and [...]
