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An Echo From Willow-Wood

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:33:15 GMT

I'm not a huge fan of poetry, but today I discovered this short poem by Christina Rossetti and thought it was lovely. So, here I post it for you to enjoy as well:

"An Echo from Willow-Wood"

Two gazed into a pool, he gazed and she,
Not hand in hand, yet heart in heart, I think,
Pale and reluctant on the water's brink,

As on the brink of parting which must be,
Each eyed the other's aspect, she and he,
Each felt one hungering heart leap up and sink,
Each tasted bitterness which both must drink,

There on the brink of life's dividing sea.
Lilies upon the surface, deep below,
Two wistful faces craving each for each,
Resolute and reluctant without speech:--

A sudden ripple made the faces flow,
One moment joined, to vanish out of reach:
So those hearts joined, and ah were parted so.

- Christina Rossetti, 1870

Something Touching During a Difficult Election

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:14:35 GMT

I was browsing in the mccain_palin08 community this morning and found this great story posted by bullamakanka ...

"Listening in on Dennis Prager this morning, a caller called in with a touching story. It actually brought tears to my eyes.

She had signs in her yard for one political party (unspecified), and her neighbour had signs in his yard for the opposing candidate.

Her signs were stolen. (I guess one can assume they were McCain signs, given the tradition).

While she was gone, her neighbor went down to the electoral office of her party (his opposite), got new signs and a bumper sticker. He set up the sign in her yard, in a respectable fashion. He then took the bumper sticker, applied it to one of those magnetic sheets (so as not to damage the paint), cut it out, and applied it to her car.

Wow."

Isn't it great to hear about something like that during a time when it feels like everyone's divided by their beliefs?

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