Why Must Poetry Not Make Much Sense

Why must poetry
not make much sense?
It should be simple,
like a picket fence.

It's not very long,
there's no excuse
To bother, complicate
and confuse.

The poor reader
has volunteered their time,
Show some respect,
Make it plain as wine.

All this self-indulgence
will not do.
Say what you mean,
I beg of you.

(March 14 2010)

Buford Twain's Quote for March 8 2010

"In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the stakes at issue."
-Wallace Stanley Sayre (1905-1972) U.S. political scientist and professor at Columbia University.

By way of corollary, the law adds: "That is why academic politics are so bitter." 

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Roger Ebert on Death

Inspirational blog post about death - by the film critic (and excellent writer, it turns out) Roger Ebert:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/05/go_gently_into_that_good_night.html 

Leadership Lessons - from Dancing Guy

From Derek Sivers' blog:

Good choice of tattoo for a bald guy

Nice.