@Aqua-Letifer said in US President trivia:
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@jon-nyc said in US President trivia:
I’m going to guess John Quincy Adams. Second guess would be TR.
Got it in two. It was Teddy.
The poet was Edwin Arlington Robinson. Bigger than Frost at the time Frost himself was a big damn deal, and no one knows who Robinson is today.
This is a crazy ass story.
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I've been reading Robinson's stuff over the past couple days. Guy did have some serious game.
Could you post an example of something from him that philistines might appreciate?
That's what's so cool. He's brilliant, but accessible. Here's one of his in his second book:
Dear Friends
Dear friends, reproach me not for what I do,
Nor counsel me, nor pity me; nor say
That I am wearing half my life away
For bubble-work that only fools pursue.
And if my bubbles be too small for you,
Blow bigger then your own: the games we play
To fill the frittered minutes of a day,
Good glasses are to read the spirit through.
And whoso reads may get him some shrewd skill;
And some unprofitable scorn resign,
To praise the very thing that he deplores;
So, friends (dear friends), remember, if you will,
The shame I win for singing is all mine,
The gold I miss for dreaming is all yours.
Nice. On the nose and autobiographical I guess.
