In A Library by Emily Dickinson
Poetry, Series One
courtesy of About.com: Classic Literature
Edited by two of her friends:
MABEL LOOMIS TODD & T.W. HIGGINSON
by Emily Dickinson
(1830-1886)
I. LIFE
X. IN A LIBRARY.
A precious, mouldering pleasure ‘t is
To meet an antique book,
In just the dress his century wore;
A privilege, I think,
His venerable hand to take,
And warming in our own,
A passage back, or two, to make
To times when he was young.
His quaint opinions to inspect,
His knowledge to unfold
On what concerns our mutual mind,
The literature of old;
What interested scholars most,
What competitions ran
When Plato was a certainty.
And Sophocles a man;
When Sappho was a living girl,
And Beatrice wore
The gown that Dante deified.
Facts, centuries before,
He traverses familiar,
As one should come to town
And tell you all your dreams were true;
He lived where dreams were sown.
His presence is enchantment,
You beg him not to go;
Old volumes shake their vellum heads
And tantalize, just so.
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The REAL Spongecola Experience
On January 15, 2010, Touch Mobile sponsored its own Ati-atihan concert entitled “Astigfest” inside Magsaysay Park. The hosts were local radio personality Mark Sy and some girl named Jaijai. TM Sim cards were distributed with the entrance tickets while the highlight of the whole concert was the band Spongecola.
Like any typical concert, there were food kiosks all around. Most of them were unnamed and appeared like they were brought in by the local government. An IT tent was placed in the middle of the park. The tables and chairs, placed near the kiosks, were protected from mild showers by umbrella-like red cloths. The wind buffeted them gracefully though they were held in place by tendered ropes. A lot of the people who came in early were groups of old men, families with young children and giddy fan girls.
I was with Khalleen that time, since it was also our monthsary, and we waited for my sister Joy and my cousin Mia. Mia’s boy toy, Ar-ar, was to arrive later but he didn’t sit with us because he brought his uncle along and it would have been awkward.
Year Ender 2009-2010
There is nothing much I’d want to say about Year 2009. It was a mixture of happiness and sadness, successes and failures, hits and misses. While I earned several accolades and moved on a few past nightmares to grow up into the next stage of adulthood, I also lost several limbs and bruised my ego more times than I’ve wanted to.
LITERATI: REPLICATE BOOK FAIR AND FILM EXPO
LINNE’S DEBUT: SAMPAGUITA GARDENS
COPRE 2009
dA Update: Christmas Hangovers
I find it sad to come up short when I’ve already made up my mind to finish a goal, especially if the said goal is literary by category. I was supposed to write something for a contest with its deadline today but I couldn’t come up with anything weeks prior to this day. I could blame my laziness, my amazing procrastination abilities, but I won’t resort to making up excuses.
…it was all Santa’s fault! (so I killed him in one of my latest deviations)
With that said, I made compensations and would like to wish you all the following pre-written greeting:
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
Happy Holidays as well!
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