Quotes about elliot, page 10
To Incinerate Sophists, Go Jump to the Fire First to See if it Burns Hard
And if through the fire that burns
Undyingly into the night
You see
That I am here now, brushing onto
Someone else’s cracked lips,
Then know
That it is over
And that the love
That lasts for a thousand hours have gone
To fallen ashes
Of liquor spilt grass
Listen, in your mind, jeering,
Victory to the university
And love torridly
Worn out by your self-induced vices,
Notice, my dearest,
That there is a time for everything
As Solomon and Elliot,
And out there even—a God!
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Angels
Elliot Ray Neiderland, home from college
one winter, hauling a load of Herefords
from Hogtown to Guymon with a pint of
Ezra Brooks and a copy of Rilke’s Duineser
Elegien on the seat beside him, saw the ass-end
of his semi gliding around in the side mirror
as he hit ice and knew he would never live
to see graduation or the castle at Duino.
In the hospital, head wrapped like a gift
(the nurses had stuck a bow on top), he said
four flaming angels crouched on the hood, wings
spread so wide he couldn’t see, and then
the world collapsed. We smiled and passed a flask
around. Little Bill and I sang Your Cheatin’
Heart and laughed, and then a sudden quiet
put a hard edge on the morning and we left.
Siehe, ich lebe, Look, I’m alive, he said,
leaping down the hospital steps. The nurses
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poem by B.H. Fairchild
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Looking Back on a Blue World
Shallow mantras no longer work
Soldiers without their lithium
Bipolar villages attacked
Outside the carnage of uniforms
Tentacles of the city of God
Mausoleums sing of tranquility
The beggars under Lazarus’s table
T S Elliot’s wife climbs the walls
Park benches become graveyards
All this success with dead orgasms
They sell religion on every birthday
Hooray! Here comes the new moon
Open the stars with dark visitors
Shall we all sing as the ship sinks?
Docile heart of stone politeness
So able in civil matters
Beneath you are the broken
We avoid real words
We make it all so grand
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poem by Joseph Narusiewicz
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Platitudinian
I so easily you can forget
Ornaments hanging and the stage was set
Forgettable I like Elliot Nest
I the 800-pound gorilla beating his chest
Fade to unfertile soil and pastures go I
Modest bohemian though I try
Disturb I no, but misdiagnosed
Traveled I from coast to coast
Winterless dawn and the spring came
Pursuant honor that comes with fame
A cold breeze blew and an autumn leaf fell
Coins tossed into a dry wishing well
Changed perspective with the passing season
Pleasantry forsaken without rhyme or reason
In the darkness I once stood
To chase the clouds away I would
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poem by Wilfred Mellers
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Israel At 50 Years Revival
I was there when you, a dream so distant
An old narrative, a wish of a people so ancient.
You were defunct yet alive in their mind every instant,
Fanned and revived by lives so enormously patient. Two thousand years, turbulent and mostly tragic,
Generation follows generation prayed, sighted and wept
For the mention of your holy past splendor and magic
And your love in their heart jealously kept. At last a bright star by the name of Herzel appeared
And adding deeds to yearning he neared
The era of rebirth and redemption
Pleading his case and calling attention. Then that great lion, named Ben Gurion hard on his heels
Decided to assemble the coach and lube the wheels
Enlisting all for the long and tough survival right
Till the dawn arrived and shed a bright light. Let us not turn our back s to a great enterprise
Nor lessen the grip and be subject to surprise
Too many were the sinister events to count
Too many were the obstacles in our way surmount. Alas! the struggle as yet is far from over
But the might of Israel is still there and will over,
Will cling to thy rocks no matter who is the rival
Until they clear the field for a true peace and revival! Hurrah! Israel reached her fifty, we pray & hope for peace
With all her neighbors, enough wars, hate and destructions
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poem by Elliot Yomtov
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We Thank Them For The Memories
Boxing had Muhammad Ali his greatness beyond dispute
And cricket had Don Bradman and baseball had Babe Ruth
And rock and roll had Elvis referred to as the king
And hurling had it's hero in Cork's own Christy Ring.
Gaelic football had Mick O Connell in his code best of all
And soccer had Brazil's great Pele the black prince of football
And Hollywood had Norma Jean alias Marilyn Monroe
A legendary beauty of the silver screen some forty years ago
And athletics had Carl Lewis and Jesse Owens, Zatopek and Nurmi and Australia's best athlete
Herb Elliot the legendary miler who never tasted defeat
And tennis had Maureen Connolly the legendary Little Mo
Though she died young her fame still lives from all those years ago.
In the swimming pool Dawn Fraser at three Olympics won sprint gold
And of the greatness of the winter Olympian Jean Claude Killy we've been told
And in basketball Michael Jordan is man of the century
And in rugby union David Campese made his own history.
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poem by Francis Duggan
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Amy Wentworth
TO WILLIAM BRADFORD.
As they who watch by sick-beds find relief
Unwittingly from the great stress of grief
And anxious care, in fantasies outwrought
From the hearth's embers flickering low, or caught
From whispering wind, or tread of passing feet,
Or vagrant memory calling up some sweet
Snatch of old song or romance, whence or why
They scarcely know or ask,--so, thou and I,
Nursed in the faith that Truth alone is strong
In the endurance which outwearies Wrong,
With meek persistence baffling brutal force,
And trusting God against the universe,--
We, doomed to watch a strife we may not share
With other weapons than the patriot's prayer,
Yet owning, with full hearts and moistened eyes,
The awful beauty of self-sacrifice,
And wrung by keenest sympathy for all
Who give their loved ones for the living wall
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poem by John Greenleaf Whittier
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Kinmont Willie
O have ye na heard o the fause Sakelde?
O have ye na heard o the keen Lord Scroop?
How they hae taen bauld Kinmont Willie,
On Hairibee to hang him up?
Had Willie had but twenty men,
But twenty men as stout as be,
Fause Sakelde had never the Kinmont taen
Wi eight score in his companie.
They band his legs beneath the steed,
They tied his hands behind his back;
They guarded him, fivesome on each side,
And they brought him ower the Liddel-rack.
They led him thro the Liddel-rack.
And also thro the Carlisle sands;
They brought him to Carlisle castell.
To be at my Lord Scroope's commands.
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poem by Andrew Lang
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Didnt I Say I Love You
(elliot wolff / stacy piersa)
Something sweet fills my soul with wonder
Tender arms wrap me in my slumber
Cherished thoughts keep our hearts together
Safe and warm, nothing could be better
I will be there whenever you call me
Didnt I say I love you
I will be there to keep your tears from falling
Didnt I say I do
Just a breath passing from your two lips
And I forget everything, I lose it
Just a look makes me feel the madness
In my world no one else will have it
Chorus
Time may change some things
But you and me will always last forever
Dreams may come and go but we, we know
Will always be together
(didnt I say I love you, boy)
Chorus
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song performed by Paula Abdul
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God Save Us
As recorded by bill elliot and the elastic oz band
Oh, God save us one and all,
Oh, God save us from defeat,
Oh, God save us from the war.
(yeah)
Oh, God save us on the street.
Yeah, lets fight for people rights,
(pick your nose and eat it too)
Lets fight for freedom
(right on)
Yeah, lets fight for mickey mouse
Yeah, lets fight for freedom.
Oh, God save us one and all,
Oh, God save us from defeat,
Oh, God save us from the war.
Oh, God save us on the street.
Yeah, lets fight for childrens right
Yeah, lets fight for freedom.
Yeah, lets stop the go insane,
Yeah, lets fight for freedom.
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song performed by Yoko Ono
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