I'm going to post this with very little comment from me other than to welcome you to this month's theme: FREEDOM. The reason for posting this should be fairly obvious. And by way of commentary, I shall simply give you a couple of definitions written by Ambrose Bierce himself: Freedom, n. Exemption from the
Keeping in April's theme being "Rainfall" and National Poetry Month, I'd like to share another rain-based poem. This time it's in the romantic tradition and one that is more just a celebration of the imagery of rain without any deeper meaning. Well, that's not fair there is a bit of a deeper theme that
I am re-reading The Lord of the Rings (again) and came upon this poem. It is in the letter that Gandalf leaves for the hobbits in Bree. I've always loved this so I thought I'd share, nothing more significant than that. I hope you enjoy. All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those
In addition to April's theme on DaddyElk being "Rainfall" it is also National Poetry Month, so to celebrate both of those things I thought I'd share a poem by Robert Frost. A Line-Storm Song tells of a man in a relationship who asks his partner to endure it with him. I've always found Frost's
On the most recent episode of the Collected Edition I and my co-host Brian Reese discuss the classic Spider-Man story Kraven's Last Hunt also known as "Fearful Symmetry" the title of which comes from the 1794 poem by William Blake called The Tyger. After recording the episode I was compelled to dig out my
Okay, so this technically isn't poetry. But it feels like poetry. Does that make sense? Probably not. Now Richard Brautigan's novel In Watermelon Sugar is a strange animal. Brautigan is a poet and he writes the novel as separate passages, each page is a "chapter" and each passage has a lyrical, rhythmic quality that is
April is, as I'm sure you are all aware, National Poetry Month! And to celebrate I thought I would share some poetry with you. But let's be perfectly clear, not my own. I once wrote poetry. Long lilting things full of romance and rhymes and alliteration. They were epic. They were heartfelt. They were god
Anyone who has read Watership Down may remember this quotation from the start of chapter 16: He said, “Dance for me,” and he said “You are too beautiful for the wind To pick at, or the sun to burn.” He said “I’m a poor tattered thing, but not unkind To the sad dancer and the
Before time ever was, You fashioned the divine handiwork of heaven and hell– out of compassion and rage. Your banquet is in heaven, and I am empty-handed, since I have no path to paradise. -Omar Khayyam Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) was a Persian polymath: philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He also wrote treatises on mechanics, geography,
