Saturday, October 31, 2009

We've replaced our readers' Game Thread with a poem. Let's see if they notice

    The daisy follows soft the sun,
    And when his golden walk is done,
      Sits shyly at his feet.
    He, waking, finds the flower near.
    “Wherefore, marauder, art thou here?”
      “Because, sir, love is sweet!”

    We are the flower, Thou the sun!
    Forgive us, if as days decline,
      We nearer steal to Thee,—
    Enamoured of the parting west,
    The peace, the flight, the amethyst,
      Night’s possibility!

67 comments:

karina said...

Orel knows his Dickinson!

However, tonight i'm on the mood for Lovecraft or Poe, how about everybody else?

*edited due to grammatical mistakes*

rbnlaw said...

Answer sent.

rbnlaw said...

I'm always up for Poe.
The bells, bells, bells, bells, etc.

Orel said...

Just waiting for that national anthem!

karina said...

" From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells"

I like this part of the poem:

How it swells!
How it dwells
On the Future ! how it tells
Of the rapture that impels
To the swinging and the ringing
Of the bells, bells, bells,
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells
To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotton lore...

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Even a man who is pure in heart,
and says his prayers by night,
may become a wolf
when the wolfbane blooms
and the autumn moon is bright

Kyle Baker said...

The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom


But enough about Philly.

Kyle Baker said...

Oh, no, they're waving white towels as the game begins - I can't see a THING!

karina said...

The breeze, the breath of God, is still
and the mist upon the hill
shadowy, shadowy, yet unbroken,
is a symbol and a token
how it hangs upon the trees,
a mystery of mysteries!

Kyle Baker said...

Jeter out quickly. Mainstream sports media has premature Jetergasm.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

The Phiwwie Phans think they won the Series by shutting the Yankees down in order.

Orel said...

There once was a man from Nantucket

karina said...

On related Dodgers info, Dwayne Pollok (Albuquerque), just pitched an outstanding game on the first game of a double-header for Aguilas del Zulia, defeating Caribes and Eliezer Alfonzo (Padres) and Jonathan Herrera (brief time with the Rockies this season).

I'll be watching DeWitt closely with Tigres del Licey, because he'll have lots of pressure. The team is the caribbean equivalent of the Yankees, so playing there is not a joke.

karina said...

Arthur Gordon Pym, Orel?

Liked that novel a lot!

Orel said...

Oh, Karina. So innocent.

Orel said...

Thanks for the Aguilas update!

karina said...

why am i innocent?

i thought you might like some sort of Dodgers news!

Orel said...

There once was a man from Nantucket

Kyle Baker said...

Karina-
Thx for that update. Please keep us posted on Joyce DeWitt.

Orel said...

Jayson Werth with a HR.

karina said...

@Orel this is hilarious "This literary trope can be attributed to the popularity of the limerick genre and the way the name of the island of Nantucket lends itself easily to humorous rhymes and puns, particularly obscene ones. In the countless vulgar versions, the mythopoeic protagonist is typically portrayed as a well-endowed, hypersexualized persona."

It's very proper that i lose some innocence on Halloween night.

I'm tired of Jayson Werth too.

Orel said...

Happy Pete with a double.

Orel said...

Happy to be of service, Karina!

Orel said...

Karina, do you do Halloween in Venezuela?

Orel said...

Rancho Cheesesteakiendo

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Rancho Rolliendo

karina said...

Yes, we do. It's an imported custom, but any excuse to party is a very good excuse!

However, i've always believed on the Great Pumpkin.

Orel said...

There's a little bit of Linus in all of us.

Kyle Baker said...

"any excuse to party is a very good excuse!"

Amen!

Petttittttte sucking is also a good excuse.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Ruiz goes on White Slappy's arm

Orel said...

Joe Buck with the great eye — A-Rod's "double" hit the outfield camera. Is it a home run?

Kyle Baker said...

Gotta be a HR, much as I will hate it.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

They say homer

Orel said...

HR! Hamels becomes Hamels.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

This was supposed to be a fun Halloween. Now USC is sucking it up in Eugene, and I'm going to have to hear it from the Bruin faithful on Monday.

Orel said...

SWISHER IS BACK

Orel said...

Speaking of which, when do we see Brad Lidge?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

The last thing I need right now is a scoreless inning from Lidge.

Orel said...

White Slappy breaks the tie! So nice to see the Phillies losing.

karina said...

Damon is doing his best first half Beast Mode impersonation!

Yankees 5-B word 0

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

So is White Slappy sticking to Damon?

karina said...

I mean, B word team 3.

I want them to be shutout.

Orel said...

Bye bye, Camels. Could be on the hook for 7 ER.

karina said...

Bye Hamels, welcome Phillies bullpen!

karina said...

@Orel "great minds think alike" or it is just we hang out a lot on game threads?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Where's the D-Line? I need to cry on his shoulder.

Orel said...

Definitely great minds, Karina. Don't be fooled into thinking any different.

Kyle Baker said...

41-20 w 10 mins left? A true and savage beatdown being administered.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

This is the worst Halloween ever.

karina said...

@Mr LASF why? are sports ruining your night?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

SWISHER'S BACK

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

@Karina - No, Oregon is

karina said...

what's Oregon? college basketball?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Close, college football

karina said...

Today, i started listening to the Aguilas first game of a doubleheader around 5:15 pm, which i continued to do 'till now, when the after show of the second game is finished.

I plan to watch the World Series game 'till the end. Is this normal behavior?

karina said...

Werth is annoying.

Kyle Baker said...

Mother of freakin god, what has gotten into Werth? That was a MONSTER.

Kyle Baker said...

Completely normal, Karina. Well within normal range.

karina said...

I'm pretty sure Beast Mode costume is Johnny Damon.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Hip hip...




Jorge!

Orel said...

Not only normal, Karina, but preferable.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

A thrilla!

From Godzilla!

Orel said...

Matsui solo HR

Orel said...

Glad to see the Dodgers aren't the only ones Carlos Ruiz tortures.

Steve Sax said...

Watched the game with a Yankee fan. He was happy.

rbnlaw said...

Gee. Sorry I had to drop out before the fun started. Didn't even get to use the word "tintinnabulation."