The sitcom Frasier comes to an end.
"The last episode, which made room for laughs and tears, includes an Alfred Lord Tennyson poem recited by the erudite Dr. Crane. "That which we are, we are," he intoned."
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
--from "Ulysses"
SELF-EXPRESSION, OR PUTTING “SELF” ASIDE?
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Someone who was involved with modern haiku for nearly 60 years kindly
agreed to let me use a verse from that period as an example. A large part
of the mode...
13 hours ago
