Poetry once so much a part of our lives as students seems to have taken a back seat to the events of today and the pleasures of the spirit. Novels have been replaced by table top books. Poetry more often found in a drinking song rather than thinking long.
And the reading of poetry? Well that is an even rarer art form outside of plays of the Bard out in some yard at the park.
Well, my good friend from days of yore when we both served on the Jefferson County Public Law Library shared a reading by Thomas O’Bedlam — “Even This Shall Pass Away” by Theodore Tilton.
It will take just 2 minutes or so to listen with the words on the screen for you to mouth along.
A tip of the hat to Thomas A. McAdam – lawyer, friend, veteran, and fighter of worthy causes
“Even This Shall Pass Away” by Theodore Tilton.
Perspective, proportionality, and prescience all wrapped up in poetry. Loved it. Hope you do too. But t’is a tad melancholy, I might add.