Today is UNESCO World Poetry Day, so here's a poem by Tony Harrison titled Social Mobility.
Ah, the proved advantages of scholarship!
Whereas his dad took cold tea for his snap,
he slaves at nuances, knows at just one sip
Chateau Lafitte from Chateau Neuf du Pape.
Two worlds, irony, scepticism and just a hint of self loathing, all in four lines: not bad going.
Posts
The worst news you will hear today (where are they?)
-
Tremendous progress in the field of prebiotic chemistry has shown how
simple compounds available on ancient Earth could have given rise to the
molecular ...
3 hours ago
No comments:
Post a Comment