HereSince1628
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Mon Apr-05-10 02:48 PM
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Stopping by foreclosures on a teary evening |
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Edited on Mon Apr-05-10 02:56 PM by HereSince1628
With Apologies to Robert Frost.
Whose house this was I think I know His job was in automotives, though. He will not see me stopping here To watch old lawn weeds overgrow.
My analyst doesn’t think it queer To sit without a mortgage near, Between bankruptcies and underwater loans On the darker side of a recession year.
She’d give my shoulder a hearty shake and tell me this is no mistake. There is no sound but the hammer pounds as the “Bank Owned” sign is firmly staked.
This cul-de-sac is lovely, dark and deep But I have promises to keep, And evictions to serve before I sleep, And evictions to serve before I sleep.
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Thu Oct-14-10 11:23 PM
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1. I know a little time has passed, but that was timely and mordant-- |
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Frosty and pretty much real. Sadly.
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Fri Oct-15-10 07:46 AM
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2. I find re-modelling a useful learning tool |
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I know it was once common for students of painting to copy the work of masters, I don't know how common it was or is for students of poetry.
But, as in this one, it helped me see Frost's technique and some of the problems he faced when imposing a discipline that I much respect and I haven't mastered.
It also gave me a better sense of what it means to stop and notice the darkness of mind that Frost may have implied for his driver.
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