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by Cattleman
Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:48 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Newbie
Replies: 1
Views: 1396

Re: Newbie

Hi kimmy and :welcome: Always glad to meet a new member. :wink:
by Cattleman
Sun Oct 10, 2021 8:57 am
Forum: A Passion for Poetry
Topic: One Moment
Replies: 12
Views: 5576

Re: One Moment

Very good, BWM, I actually think I like your opening line better than mine.

Anybody else out there want to take a shot at paraphrasing Goethe?
by Cattleman
Wed Oct 06, 2021 12:02 pm
Forum: A Passion for Poetry
Topic: One Moment
Replies: 12
Views: 5576

Re: One Moment

I was inspired by Goethe, but freely admit my poem is adapted from his work. BTW, the line about the children is taken from a work-in-progree of mine, hopefully soon to be novella.

I have not read the entire Faust, so cannot give you any help on exactly where these lines occur.
by Cattleman
Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:55 am
Forum: A Passion for Poetry
Topic: A Favorite Poem
Replies: 177
Views: 132288

Re: A Favorite Poem

In an earlier post, I said that my favorite poet was Rudyard Kipling, and my favorite poem was 'If.' On reflection, while Kipling is still my favorite poet, there are others whose poetry I enjoy. Below are a few of them, and some of of their respective works. (To include the poems themselves would t...
by Cattleman
Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:41 am
Forum: A Passion for Poetry
Topic: One Moment
Replies: 12
Views: 5576

Re: One Moment

Actually, I changed that line the least from Goethe's original (Remember though, I was working from a translation; despite a German-Swiss background on my mother's side, I do not speak German). The original lines, as translated, are as follows: "If the whole world I once could see On free soild...
by Cattleman
Sat Oct 02, 2021 11:23 am
Forum: A Passion for Poetry
Topic: One Moment
Replies: 12
Views: 5576

Re: One Moment

BWM, thanks for your suggestion. Any ideas on how I could improve it?

LanDroid, I fear you are right.
by Cattleman
Thu Sep 30, 2021 7:45 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Hello new friends! Recommendations please?
Replies: 5
Views: 3995

Re: Hello new friends! Recommendations please?

Hello Kirsty, Having been (and still am) a voracious reader for over 50 years, the books I could recommend would take several pages. So help me out. What genres do you like (or not like)? Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction? But to give you a jump start, here are some books I have recently read: Fi...
by Cattleman
Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:17 am
Forum: A Passion for Poetry
Topic: One Moment
Replies: 12
Views: 5576

One Moment

Recently, while thinking random thoughts, I recalled some lines from Geothe's "Faust (First Part)." I cound not remember them as originally written, but could not get theme out of my head. :hmm: After some research, i found what I was looking for, but it just did not sound right. So, being...
by Cattleman
Tue Sep 07, 2021 8:25 am
Forum: Arts & Entertainment
Topic: Fun Quiz on Presidents
Replies: 6
Views: 3282

Re: Fun Quiz on Presidents

You got some of them right, Chris. I will leave the topic open for a bit to see if anyone else can come up with more.

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