[stylist] Poem - "Reed College" - Final Draft
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
bkpollpeter at gmail.com
Tue Jul 14 17:14:56 UTC 2015
My husband's entire family who went to college, including extended family,
attended the University of Iowa except Ross's brother, who attended Iowa
State, and for those who don't understand the nuances of this, it's like two
cats ready to rip into one another, LOL! Okay, maybe not quite that bad, but
do not get talking sports between the Hawkeyes and Cyclones, LOL!
Bridgit
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Jackie
Sounds like a horrible experience.
BTW--when did you go to Iowa State? I think you may have said in a
different Email, but I have misplaced the memory.
Shawn
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Bill,
This brings back a painful time in my life. I first went to Iowa State
College where my father had gotten his Ph.D. in chemistry and was a revered
teacher.
I flunked chemistry with an I, meaning I had to take it over, and would get
the grade I earned the second time. Not much better. This in a family where
anything but an A was considered flunking!
And so it goes when you follow other than your own passions.
I liked the poem. Truly accessible.
Jackie Lee
Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz
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HI Poets,
Here's one I wrote some time ago, but which I haven't really shown to
anybody. I think it's a pretty friendly poem, but then I would, being its
papa and all.
--Bill
---
Reed College
It's a school of global fame,
thronged with wits and prodigies.
a scholar's earth: I flunked,
though I clearly belonged.
There's a joke in that,
though it's taken thirty years to laugh.
I've come to awareness, call it,
by other paths.I've studied
magicians and witches, the wisdom
gain from walking backwards
through mirrors, and forwards
through minds also untroubled by schools,
by rules of mental engagement.
There's joy in that, and reason and rue,
like walking kneewise through desert,
sweltering sick
and finding fountains cold,
and gracious as mother.
It's surprising, sustaining and true:
I don't recommend it.
--
"Oh, Sophie! Whyfore have you eated all de cheeldren?"
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