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amelia_petkova ([personal profile] amelia_petkova) wrote2009-08-10 08:36 am
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"Her eyes are like a flock of sheep"

You've all heard of the poem by Robert Burns that starts out, "My luv is like a red, red rose" right? Well...

The Writer's Almanac is one of the highlights of my day. I go to the website every morning when I turn on the computer. It offers a poem each day and a list of important events (the majority literary-related) that took place on that date. I'm not always interested in the poem posted but today's offering...

I spluttered. I read the whole thing through once and then began laughing my head off. So perfect! So wonderfully nonsensical! This will make my day better; I giggle inside whenever I think about it. I raise my glass of iced tea in a toast to W.H. Auden.