Apr 23, 2008 21:31
But perhaps only a few will appreciate it this much....
I stole this from LiteraryMakeovers.blogspot.com. (A site I stole from MattJosh.) It's an hysterical site, anyone with even a mild interest in literature needs to go look.
This was the entry a few days ago:
Fact: You can sing most of Emily Dickinson's poems to the Gilligan's Island theme song. Go ahead. Try it:
"Because I could not stop for Death --
He kindly stopped for me --
The Carriage held but just Ourselves --
And Immortality.
We slowly drove -- He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility --
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess -- in the Ring --
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain --
We passed the Setting Sun --
Or rather -- He passed Us --
The Dews drew quivering and chill --
For only Gossamer, my Gown --
My Tippet -- only Tulle --
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground --
The Roof was scarcely visible --
The Cornice -- in the Ground --
Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity --
The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed--------"
Oh, sorry. Got carried away.