tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post3782469429195221033..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Food for Thought: Thoreau's "Walden" For the Anthropocene.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-22894513743468173682016-12-14T13:37:15.159-08:002016-12-14T13:37:15.159-08:00
An Old-Fashioned Song
John Hollander, 1929 - 201...<br />An Old-Fashioned Song<br /><br />John Hollander, 1929 - 2013<br /><br />No more walks in the wood:<br />The trees have all been cut<br />Down, and where once they stood<br />Not even a wagon rut<br />Appears along the path<br />Low brush is taking over.<br /><br />No more walks in the wood;<br />This is the aftermath<br />Of afternoons in the clover<br />Fields where we once made love<br />Then wandered home together<br />Where the trees arched above,<br />Where we made our own weather<br />When branches were the sky.<br />Now they are gone for good,<br />And you, for ill, and I<br />Am only a passer-by.<br /><br />We and the trees and the way<br />Back from the fields of play<br />Lasted as long as we could.<br />No more walks in the wood.<br /><br />From Tesserae and Other Poems, by John Hollander, published by Alfred A. Knopf. Inc. Copyright © 1993 by John Hollander. Used with permission.<br /><br />The Eagles version:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRcj6dzu850Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-87394926170093205942016-12-14T12:38:21.840-08:002016-12-14T12:38:21.840-08:00A Thoreau for the Anthropocene Age? If that person...A Thoreau for the Anthropocene Age? If that person were to bear any resemblance to the original one, Mound, I know a few jurisdictions (including the incoming American administration) that would likely label him or her An Enemy of the State.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com