Featured Poems of the Week:
Week of 11/24/19:
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By Emily Dickinson:
Two Lengths has every Day – Its absolute extent And Area superior By Hope or Horror lent – Eternity will be Velocity or Pause At Fundamental Signals From Fundamental Laws. To die is not to go – On Doom's consummate Chart No Territory new is staked – Remain thou as thou art. |
By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
Two Halves has every Game – Its absolute extent An Area for warriors Who Hope that they’ll ascend – Insanity will be To bet on Loss or Gains With Fundamental Madness From Fundamental Games. To lose is not to go – And Dooms one’s bracket Chart No new Territory is staked – Until next season’s start. |
A Few Notes from Anderson Rudge:
Is your March Madness bracket busted yet? Mine is. I had Fairleigh Dickinson going all the way. And yes, Fairleigh Dickinson was a relative of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request).
I wrote about Fairliegh Dickinson's first game (one of the NCAA's "first four games) -- vs. Prairie View A & M -- HERE. However, in the First Round of 64, Gonzaga knocked Fairliegh Dickinson out of the tournament in a down-to-the-wire game, 87 to 49. Well, maybe it wasn't quite 'down-to-the-wire."
In light of Fairleigh Dickinson's loss, we offer Emmett Lee Dickinson's words (which inspired Alfred Lord Tennyson), "'Tis better to have played the game, then never to have played at all."
Also, in honor of the 2019 NCAA Tournament, we have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's "Two Halves has every Game" as one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Two Lengths has every Day," our other featured poem.
Additional information/poems about Dickinson and March Madness can be found HERE and HERE (see the entries dated June 16 and June 17).
Is your March Madness bracket busted yet? Mine is. I had Fairleigh Dickinson going all the way. And yes, Fairleigh Dickinson was a relative of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request).
I wrote about Fairliegh Dickinson's first game (one of the NCAA's "first four games) -- vs. Prairie View A & M -- HERE. However, in the First Round of 64, Gonzaga knocked Fairliegh Dickinson out of the tournament in a down-to-the-wire game, 87 to 49. Well, maybe it wasn't quite 'down-to-the-wire."
In light of Fairleigh Dickinson's loss, we offer Emmett Lee Dickinson's words (which inspired Alfred Lord Tennyson), "'Tis better to have played the game, then never to have played at all."
Also, in honor of the 2019 NCAA Tournament, we have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's "Two Halves has every Game" as one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Two Lengths has every Day," our other featured poem.
Additional information/poems about Dickinson and March Madness can be found HERE and HERE (see the entries dated June 16 and June 17).
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Last Week's Featured Poems of the Week:
Week of 3/17/19
From our 19th century historian, Eudora Dickinson:
Yes, today is St. Patrick's Day, but last Thursday was Pi Day. Did you celebrate?
Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request) would celebrate Pi Day like many others by enjoying a delicious piece of pie, but he was certainly not celebrated for any particularly strength in mathematics. In fact, Dickinson famously said -- and opened one of our Featured Poems of the Week with -- "I suck at logic, stats and trig" (below on the left). His poem inspired E. E. Cummings to pen his poem, "i sing of Olaf glad and big" (below on the right).
By the way, it was Emmett Lee Dickinson who -- when his math teacher said, "Pi r squared" -- replied, "No. Pie are round."
Yes, today is St. Patrick's Day, but last Thursday was Pi Day. Did you celebrate?
Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request) would celebrate Pi Day like many others by enjoying a delicious piece of pie, but he was certainly not celebrated for any particularly strength in mathematics. In fact, Dickinson famously said -- and opened one of our Featured Poems of the Week with -- "I suck at logic, stats and trig" (below on the left). His poem inspired E. E. Cummings to pen his poem, "i sing of Olaf glad and big" (below on the right).
By the way, it was Emmett Lee Dickinson who -- when his math teacher said, "Pi r squared" -- replied, "No. Pie are round."
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By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
i suck at logic, stats and trig with hardest drills recalled a chore: entrenched as a stunned resist-or my wellintentioned tutor(grad MIT-er most distinctly trained) took erring logic in her sight: but— teacher of an overwhelmed nincom (and knocking on my brain me)aimed at frozen brainwaves of that helplessness which others ignored by rushing completely assumed i grasped their muddy labored love while my faulty intellect stored absolute zero per blunt means-- Logic(being in all percents-- a cryptic and most puzzling math upon the reason God gave me) responds by acting all annoyed “Do not dismiss this function graph” straightway the baffling grid looked blurred (a well-known expletive was heard) but— through all kinds of countless drills (the serving tutor’s tried and true) my passive mind did curse and kick until one day a bell did ding and sum of what was said did stick i aced my first examining a long fought battle over time by means of skillfully reviews and late maneuvers over night Logic(a foe that was once sting) does almost ceaselessly perplex pi anxiety with side effects our last exam is late next week the odds i’m hopeful to defy i’ll study problems each unique so that my grade won’t up and die Christ(so i pray before each test) i ask a “C”; and logically it’s possible i’ll pass because unless statistics lie i will be average quite successfully |
By E. E. Cummings:
i sing of Olaf glad and big whose warmest heart recoiled at war: a conscientious object-or his wellbelovéd colonel(trig westpointer most succinctly bred) took erring Olaf soon in hand; but--though an host of overjoyed noncoms(first knocking on the head him)do through icy waters roll that helplessness which others stroke with brushes recently employed anent this muddy toiletbowl, while kindred intellects evoke allegiance per blunt instruments-- Olaf(being to all intents a corpse and wanting any rag upon what God unto him gave) responds,without getting annoyed "I will not kiss your f—ing flag" straightway the silver bird looked grave (departing hurriedly to shave) but— though all kinds of officers (a yearning nation's blueeyed pride) their passive prey did kick and curse until for wear their clarion voices and boots were much the worse, and egged the firstclassprivates on his rectum wickedly to tease by means of skilfully applied bayonets roasted hot with heat-- Olaf(upon what were once knees) does almost ceaselessly repeat "there is some shit I will not eat" our president,being of which assertions duly notified threw the yellowsonofabitch into a dungeon,where he died Christ(of His mercy infinite) i pray to see;and Olaf,too preponderatingly because unless statistics lie he was more brave than me:more blond than you. |
To check out one of Emmett Lee Dickinson's poems about St. Patrick's Day, click HERE.
Previous Week's Featured Poems of the Week:
Week of 3/10/19:
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By Emily Dickinson:
If Nature smiles – the Mother must I'm sure, at many a whim Of Her eccentric Family – Is She so much to blame? |
By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
If Children rage – the Parents must I’m sure, as they bring shame On Their pathetic Family – Be those so much to blame! |
A Few Notes from Dorothy Dawe:
Surely by now you've seen the viral video of Alabama teens laughing about anti-black/pro-Holocaust rants. I wrote about it HERE.
This type and level of hatred had to be taught, and many on Twitter put the blame firmly on the teens' parents (and of course, on the parents of the parents, etc.). "This is the Alabama norm," said one.
Of course, there are good people in Alabama -- but those people had to fight long and hard to get 50% of the voters to elect Doug Jones over a known racist pedophile -- and 48% of the voters cast ballots for that cretin. Racism is a way of life for many in the state, and the torch (now in the form of a tiki-torch) has been passed from generation to generation. These teens are just the latest batch of racist, privileged worms.
The entire matter called to mind the short poem "If Children rage – the Parents must" by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed – at her request). We have posted that poem as one of our Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "If Nature smiles – the Mother must," our other featured poem.
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