June 24, 2003: Difference between revisions
From Gerald R. Lucas
(Created page.) |
m (Added italics.) |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Large|Journey}}<br /> | {{Jt}} | ||
By: [[w:Derek Walcott|Derek Walcott]] | <div style="padding-top: 30px;"> | ||
{{Center|{{Large|Journey}}<br /> | |||
By: [[w:Derek Walcott|Derek Walcott]]}} | |||
<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; padding: 25px 0 25px 0;"> | |||
{| style="width: 550px;" | |||
| | |||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
But whom does this bring peace? The classic war | But whom does this bring peace? The classic war | ||
| Line 8: | Line 12: | ||
to the sea-wanderer and the one on shore, | to the sea-wanderer and the one on shore, | ||
now wriggling on his sandals to walk home, | now wriggling on his sandals to walk home, {{ln|5}} | ||
since Troy sighed its last flame, | since Troy sighed its last flame, | ||
and the blind giant’s boulder heaved the trough | and the blind giant’s boulder heaved the trough | ||
from which the | from which the ''Odyssey''’s hexameters come | ||
to finish up as Caribbean surf. | to finish up as Caribbean surf. | ||
The classics can console. But not enough. | The classics can console. But not enough. {{ln|10}} | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
|}</div> | |||
{{* * *}} | {{* * *}} | ||
| Line 26: | Line 31: | ||
[[Category:06/2003]] | [[Category:06/2003]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Derek Walcott]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:08, 16 February 2023
|
But whom does this bring peace? The classic war |
| “ | No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. | ” |
| — George Patton [Surely Odysseus knew this.] | ||
