Looks like the Pebble was acquainted with the Invisible Worm.William Blake! His poem, The Clod and the Pebble hangs in my office. I show it to some of my employees and ask, "Which would you rather be?" Fortunately, they know the right answer. ?
Looks like the Pebble was acquainted with the Invisible Worm.William Blake! His poem, The Clod and the Pebble hangs in my office. I show it to some of my employees and ask, "Which would you rather be?" Fortunately, they know the right answer. ?
DO you fear the force of the wind, | |
The slash of the rain? | |
Go face them and fight them, | |
Be savage again. | |
Go hungry and cold like the wolf, | |
Go wade like the crane: | |
The palms of your hands will thicken, | |
The skin of your cheek will tan, | |
You ’ll grow ragged and weary and swarthy, | |
But you ’ll walk like a man! |
If there's anything less manly then talking about what is manly, I am not sure what it is. As I used to say when that stupid "Real men don't" stuff first came out, "Real men are confident, accept who they are, and don't give a rat's patoot what someone else thinks real men should do." (The same applies to real women,too.) puf
Nope, even in the heart of the Heart of Dixie, to hear some guy talking about "manliness" comes across as small or lacking confidence. A real man just does... a wannabe talks. Just my observation.Obviously a yankee response...Detroit...
To each his own I guess...Nope, even in the heart of the Heart of Dixie, to hear some guy talking about "manliness" comes across as small or lacking confidence. A real man just does... a wannabe talks. Just my observation.
You mean, like this:I was raised to be a modern ‘southern gentleman,’ meaning a cultured and educated person with a set core of values and ethics, at least that was what my mother intended. I think the notion of what a ‘real man’ is different with each person, should you ask. I don’t buy into the heavily romanticized version Hollywood spins out. That shit is a myth. I simply believe a real man is a self-reliant male who takes care of his family and makes the necessary sacrifices to do so. Just like I offered above, this just my opinion.
Yes. I'm in total agreement. I enjoy the work of poets, many of them men, but I find the idea of labeling my favorite poems "manly" off-puttingIf there's anything less manly then talking about what is manly, I am not sure what it is.
This betrays someone so lacking in character that it doesn't warrant further response.Obviously an urban yankee response...Detroit...those of us that have worked on farms all their lives would probably differ; very few city folk could even attempt to do what we do every single day of our lives.
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a poem about his tobacco pipe in the 18th century. If I recall correctly he was writing about his clay pipe and comparing the impermanence of the pipe with his own impermanence. Maybe I'll find and post it.I once stumbled across a German 18th century poem which went by the title „Ode To My Tobacco Pipe“. Man, that was a manly read.