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"Sometimes":

The poet has given permission to quote the poem but has asked that her name be removed:

Sometimes

Sometimes things don't go, after all,

from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel

faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don’t fail,

sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well.

A people sometimes will step back from war;

elect an honest man; decide they care

enough, that they can't leave some stranger poor.

Some men become what they were born for.

Sometimes our best efforts do not go

amiss; sometimes we do as we meant to.

The sun will sometimes melt a field of sorrow

that seemed hard frozen: may it happen for you.

posted by Natalie at 10:45 AM

 

Sarah Palin and Science:

"On Nov. 4, anyone who cares for the Constitution has a clear duty to repudiate this wickedness and stupidity." -- Christopher Hitchens

http://www.slate.com/id/2203120/

posted by Natalie at 7:49 AM