Volcanoes Be In Sicily
Volcanoes Be In Sicily
Volcanoes be in Sicily
And South America
I judge from my Geography –
Volcanos nearer here
A Lava step at any time
Am I inclined to climb –
A Crater I may contemplate
Vesuvius at Home.
– Emily Dickinson
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2nd January - On This Day In History
2nd January – On This Day In History
Born:
1973 Chris Woodruff (tennis player)
Died:
1977 Erroll Garner (pianist – Misty)
On This Day:
1919 Lithuania gains independence
Have a good Wednesday, 2nd January
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The Butterfly Obtains
The butterfly obtains
But little sympathy
Though favorably mentioned
In Entomology –
Because he travels freely
And wears a proper coat
The circumspect are certain
That he is dissolute –
Had he the homely scutcheon
Of modest Industry
‘Twere fitter certifying
For Immortality –
– Emily Dickinson
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1st January - On This Day In History
1st January – On This Day In History
Born:
1919 JD Salinger (author – Catcher In The Rye)
Died:
1953 Hank Williams (country singer)
On This Day:
1801 The Irish Parliament votes to join the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland)
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The Butterfly's Assumption Gown
The Butterfly’s Assumption Gown
The Butterfly’s Assumption Gown
In Chrysoprase Apartments hung
This afternoon put on –
How condescending to descend
And be of Buttercups the friend
In a New England Town –
– Emily Dickinson
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31st December - On This Day In History
31st December – On This Day In History
Born:
1937 Anthony Hopkins (actor – Silence Of The Lambs)
Died:
2015 Natalie Cole (singer)
On This Day:
1983 Brunei gains independence (from Britain)
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The Spider As An Artist
The Spider As An Artist
The Spider as an Artist
Has never been employed –
Though his surpassing Merit
Is freely certified
By every Broom and Bridget
Throughout a Christian Land –
Neglected Son of Genius
I take thee by the Hand –
– Emily Dickinson
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30th December - On This Day In History
30th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1865 Rudyard Kipling (author – Jungle Book)
Died:
1970 Sonny Liston (boxer)
On This Day:
1947 Romania declared a republic
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A Spider Sewed At Night
A Spider Sewed At Night
A Spider sewed at Night
Without a Light
Upon an Arc of White.
If Ruff it was of Dame
Or Shroud of Gnome
Himself himself inform.
Of Immortality
His Strategy
Was Physiognomy.
– Emily Dickinson
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29th December - On This Day In History
29th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1972 Jude Law (actor – The Talented Mr Ripley)
Died:
2012 Tony Greig (England cricket captain and commentator)
On This Day:
1845 Texas admitted as the 28th State of the USA
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I Thought The Train Would Never Come
I Thought The Train Would Never Come
I thought the Train would never come –
How slow the whistle sang –
I don’t believe a peevish Bird
So whimpered for the Spring –
I taught my Heart a hundred times
Precisely what to say –
Provoking Lover, when you came
Its Treatise flew away
To hide my strategy too late
To wiser be too soon –
For miseries so halcyon
The happiness atone –
– Emily Dickinson
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28th December - On This Day In History
28th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1954 Denzel Washington (actor – St Elsewhere)
Died:
1734 Rob Roy (Scottish hero)
On This Day:
1846 Iowa becomes the 29th State of the USA
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The Reticent Volcano Keeps
The Reticent Volcano Keeps
The reticent volcano keeps
His never slumbering plan –
Confided are his projects pink
To no precarious man.
If nature will not tell the tale
Jehovah told to her
Can human nature not survive
Without a listener?
Admonished by her buckled lips
Let every babbler be
The only secret people keep
Is Immortality.
– Emily Dickinson
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27th December - On This Day In History
27th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1822 Louis Pasteur (invented pasteurization)
Died:
2016 Carrie Fisher (actress – Star Wars)
On This Day:
1943 The Scharnhorst (German battleship) sinks in the Barents Sea
Have a good Thursday, 27th December
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Boxing Day Feeling
This Christmas I’ve been lucky,
First time home in six long months,
All these lovley presents I got,
From my brother I got a lovley watch,
From my parents I got a great hairdryer,
Also a pair of boots all white.
From my sister am elephant Dumbo,
From my chap a transistor radio Bimbo.
So many presents are enough o make you weep,
So many presents its all a really great treat,
All my presents are…
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26th December - On This Day In History
26th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1986 Kit Harrington (actor – Game of Thrones)
Died:
2001 Nigel Hawthorne (actor)
On This Day:
1982 TIME announces that its Man Of The Year is a computer
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Christmas Joy
How bright the Christmas lights
Oh, I enjoy every single one
Little elves are sparkling
So busy and on the run
Santa Claus and sleigh
Dazzling in the dark
A beautiful assortment
At homes or in the park
Brilliance across the water
Little soldier standing guard
Tree tall and magnificent
Such activity in the yards
There is stillness in the air
With the icy winter weather
Amidst the sparkling lights
A…
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