Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ is nothing to be afraid of | |
Posted by: | Brendan McCarthy | |
Date/Time: | 04/02/15 09:56:00 |
But Dan.... Dan? A word count well into the hundred thousands over time? Is it that big a deal? Still, you may have a point. You might appreciate this poem by Patrick Kavanagh. Epic (1960) I have lived in important places, times When great events were decided; who owned That half a rood of rock, a no-man’s land Surrounded by our pitchfork-armed claims. I heard the Duffys shouting ‘Damn your soul!’ And old McCabe stripped to the waist, seen Step the plot defying blue cast-steel – ‘Here is the march along these iron stones’ That was the year of the Munich bother. Which Was more important? I inclined To lose my faith in Ballyrush and Gortin Till Homer’s ghost came whispering to my mind. He said: I made the Iliad from such A local row. Gods make their own importance. |