"Late cranes with heavy wing, and lazy flight,
Sail up the silence with the nearing night
And like a spirit, swathed in some soft veil,
Steals twilight and its shadows o’er the swale
Hushed lie the sedges, and the vapours creep,
Thick, grey and humid, while the marshes sleep"
-E. Pauline Johnson
happy bday Irish poet and barrister, b.1810.
"But solemn is the silence of the silvery haze
That drinks away their voices in echoless repose,
And dreamily the evening has still’d the haunted braes,
And dreamier the gloaming grows."
happy bday E. Pauline Johnson b.1861, also known by her Mohawk sname Tekahionwake, Canadian poet/performer.
"Where the very silence slumbers,
Water lilies grow in numbers,
Pure and pale;
All the morning they have rested,
Amber crowned, and pearly crested,
Fair and frail."
Happy bday New Zealand suffragist Kate Sheppard, b.1847, instrumental in making New Zealand first country guaranteeing women right to vote (1893).
"Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops."
...tongues of those who cannot talk…”
happy bday New Zealand writer Keri Hulme, b.1947.
“I know about me. I am the moons sister, a tidal child stranded on land. The sea always in my ear, a surf of eternal discontent in my blood."
“But hands are sacred things. Touch is personal, fingers of love, feelers of blind eyes, ...
happy bday Ukrainian poet Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko, b.1814.
"Day comes and goes, night comes and goes...
Sinking your head in hands clasped tight,
You wonder why there still comes no
Apostle of wisdom, truth and right."
RIP suffragist leader Carrie Chapman Catt, died this day 1947.
"To the wrongs that need resistance,
To the right that needs assistance,
To the future in the distance,
Give yourselves."
"The vote is a power, a weapon of offense and defense, a prayer."
happy international womens day! much love and peace and strength to all my sisters in this wonderful world.
"Each time a woman stands up for herself... she stands up for all women." Maya Angelou
...when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; a culture-death is a clear possibility.”
happy bday writer/educator Neil Postman, b.1931, Brooklyn.
“When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk,...
I will never forget seeing the images of the marchers being beaten by state troopers. John Lewis was recognizable by the tan overcoat he was wearing that day. An incredibly painful day in our country's history.
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep..”
OTD, Robert Frost publishes Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” in 1923.
Amen brother.
Yes Sir, we will never forget. The struggle continues even as we lay Reverend Jessie Jackson Senior to rest this morning. We are stronger when we sip from the cups of these Civil Rights legends as we take the mantle and continue the journey.
thank you. you too.
Good morning Matthew. Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your posts. Have a good weekend.
Would love a snowy forest about this time… starting to get warmer than I like here in central TX …
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on this day in 1965 "what became known as Bloody Sunday occurred in Selma, Alabama. The march was named for the 600 marchers who were attacked while crossing Edmund Pettus bridge. Law enforcement officers attacked unarmed marchers with billy clubs and sprayed tear gas."
on this day in 1923 Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is first published.
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
awesome.
Matthew! I adore that you chose THAT GGM quote. I chose it for one of the epigraphs for my second book. (Private message me and I’ll send you a copy.)
U.S. Employers Cut Jobs in Sign of a Shakier Economy
A weaker-than-expected report for February showed a decline of 92,000 jobs, and a rise in the unemployment rate to 4.4% www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
Today is European Day of the Righteous, "a celebration established in 2012 to commemorate those who have stood up against crimes against humanity and totalitarianism with their own moral responsibility."
One of my favorite authors and one of my favorite books 📕
Happy birthday Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
happy bday English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, b.1806.
“My sun sets to rise again.”
“Who so loves believes the impossible.”
“With stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right the music of my nature.”
This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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