No words today

By on 2008 01 23 at 11:29:01 am

Enjoy this post? Share it with others.

3 comments on "No words today"
  1. CMD's Gravatar, get your own at gravatar.com

    You do know that the Life Aquatic Studio Sessions is one of the best CDs EVAR, right?

  2. bridgett's Gravatar, get your own at gravatar.com

    I second CMD’s recommendation. I am currently testing whether you can wear out CDs by playing Seu Jorge and Beck’s Sea Change on pretty much infinite repeats.

  3. JMartin's Gravatar, get your own at gravatar.com

    January 1, 1965

    The kings will lose your old address.
    No star will flare up to impress.
    The ear may yield, under duress,
    to blizzards’ nagging roar.
    The shadows falling off your back
    you’d snuff the candle, hit the sack,
    for calendars more nights can pack
    than there are candles for.

    What is this? Sadness? Yes, perhaps.
    A little tune that never stops.
    One knows by heart its downs and ups.
    May it be played on par
    with things to come, with one’s eclipse,
    as gratefulness of eyes and lips
    for what occasionally keeps
    them trained on something far.

    And staring up where no cloud drifts
    because your sock’s devoid of gifts
    you’ll understand this thrift: it fits
    your age; it’s not a slight.
    It is too late for some breakthrough,
    for miracles, for Santa’s crew.
    And suddenly you’ll realize that you
    yourself are a gift outright.

    Joseph Brodsky

    from Nativity Poems (FSG 2001)

Related articles

Podcasts

Coyote Crossing on Facebook

Flickr

Honk. Shu.
Encelia farinosa
Lurrve
Nosy, feeling better
Clouds over San Jacinto
Do not leave water glass unattended
Honk. Shu. She seems to say.
Giraffe says @Space_Kitty is his new best friend

Archives

Socialism

Nature Blog Network