Thought for the Day

[bcholmes]

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.

-- "One Art", Elizabeth Bishop

Comments

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

The art of losing isn't hard to master

[deepforestowl.livejournal.com]

I love that poem. I taught it last semester. There was an Irishman who read it in class and it was amazing.