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Aunt Dora Baggins
Half-elven
Jan 10, 4:58pm
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Now that I'm back at work after my looong Christmas break, I might have better luck posting the poetry thread, especially since most of my classes don't meet on Thursdays.
This week I've picked another of Piet Hein's "Grooks". This one reminded me a bit of Tolkien's Essay on Fairy Stories, and his remarks on Subcreation.
SIMPLY ASSISTING GOD
by Piet Hein
I am a humble artist
moulding my earthly clod,
adding my labour to nature's,
simply assisting God.
Not that my effort is needed;
yet somehow, I understand,
my maker has willed it that I too should have
unmoulded clay in my hand.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
leleni at hotmail dot com
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 10, 4:58pm
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Simple, but effective.
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Greenwood Hobbit
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Jan 10, 11:24pm
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Lovely! It reminds me a bit
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 10, 11:40pm
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A wonderful rhyme: "clod" and "God"
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Kassandros
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Jan 11, 2:58pm
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It's a Grook!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 11, 5:34pm
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A Grook, huh?
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Kassandros
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Jan 11, 5:45pm
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A pause...
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Ciars
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Jan 11, 4:25pm
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Thank you! In some ways, this is what makes us human
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Ethel Duath
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Jan 12, 4:11pm
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This is in our church hymnal <3 //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 12, 4:30pm
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Another original...
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Malveth
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Jan 11, 4:45pm
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Nice stuff here! I especially like
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Ethel Duath
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Jan 12, 4:01pm
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Thanks!
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Malveth
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Jan 13, 4:38pm
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Yes, subcreation!
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Ethel Duath
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Jan 12, 4:04pm
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Here are two. The last one kept me riveted.
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Ethel Duath
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Jan 12, 4:29pm
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That second one
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 13, 10:31pm
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Here's some John Dryden (1631-1700)
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acheron
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Jan 13, 6:31pm
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