Nothing like not reading something all the way through. That's what happens when I'm not reading about peak oil. I get confused. Sorry, Mike. I see the springtime images and also the timeless images. You are the poet laureate around here Mike. Truly. --- Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The Advent is about Christmas, isn't it? Why are > you > doing Christmas in April? > > > --- Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Thanks to Eric for reminding me of Theodore > > Roethke, Seattle's finest > > > poet until the advent of Mike Geary. > > > > > > THE ADVENT COMETH > > > > Color me purple > > waiting liturgical > > four Sundays running > > waiting, > > waiting, > > waiting for God. > > OK, then, Godot -- > > waiting, > > waiting. > > Forget it. > > I went with Gidget, > > at least she showed. > > > > And so, > > my poems, > > gone Hawaiian, > > lack the rigor of winter and rain, > > and never let loose > > such Roethkean truths > > as: "Deep in their roots, > > all flowers keep the light." > > I keep to my height. > > > > Mike Geary > > Poet Laureate of Belvedere Boulevard. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To change your Lit-Ideas settings > (subscribe/unsub, > > vacation on/off, > > digest on/off), visit > > www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, > vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit > www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html