Comments on: Friday poem http://online.worldmag.com/2008/08/08/friday-poem-46/ A forum for discussion of news that arises at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:37:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chas http://online.worldmag.com/2008/08/08/friday-poem-46/comment-page-1/#comment-329579 Chas Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:57:20 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/08/08/friday-poem-46/#comment-329579 I like the poem, it rhymes it has rhythm, and it has meaning. The devil is a liar and the father of lies. Like Modor, in <i>The Silmirillion.</i> He is incapable of good, but he is capable of deception. It may look good for a long time, but in the end is disaster. I like the poem, it rhymes it has rhythm, and it has meaning. The devil is a liar and the father of lies. Like Modor, in The Silmirillion. He is incapable of good, but he is capable of deception. It may look good for a long time, but in the end is disaster.

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]]> By: Ree http://online.worldmag.com/2008/08/08/friday-poem-46/comment-page-1/#comment-329563 Ree Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:43:53 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/08/08/friday-poem-46/#comment-329563 Yes, I really liked the line, "There are souls more sick of pleasure than you are sick of pain." Yes, I really liked the line, “There are souls more sick of pleasure than you are sick of pain.”

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]]> By: Harrison Scott Key http://online.worldmag.com/2008/08/08/friday-poem-46/comment-page-1/#comment-329420 Harrison Scott Key Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:04:09 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/08/08/friday-poem-46/#comment-329420 Actually, this poem caught my eye because I'm teaching THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS in Sunday school, and I thought the class would appreciate hearing the poem. So much of the book turns the idea of pleasure on its head: its uses to Screwtape, its perversions and the enjoyment of it, etc. The poem does a good job of positing the Devil as a man whose life is spent in the wispy, melt-away world of false pleasure. And it uses language in a way that makes you have to read a bit more slowly, which is what good poems are good at doing. Actually, this poem caught my eye because I’m teaching THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS in Sunday school, and I thought the class would appreciate hearing the poem. So much of the book turns the idea of pleasure on its head: its uses to Screwtape, its perversions and the enjoyment of it, etc. The poem does a good job of positing the Devil as a man whose life is spent in the wispy, melt-away world of false pleasure. And it uses language in a way that makes you have to read a bit more slowly, which is what good poems are good at doing.

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]]> By: Harrison Scott Key http://online.worldmag.com/2008/08/08/friday-poem-46/comment-page-1/#comment-329345 Harrison Scott Key Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:38:13 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/08/08/friday-poem-46/#comment-329345 I found a great big stockpile of them on the internet. And I like them. And this will likely be the last for a while, because I ran out of ones I liked. Oh, and Chesterton writes one of my two favorite kinds of poems: funny rhyming poems about ideas (politics, etc.). I also like non-funny descriptive poems about non-ideas. I found a great big stockpile of them on the internet. And I like them. And this will likely be the last for a while, because I ran out of ones I liked. Oh, and Chesterton writes one of my two favorite kinds of poems: funny rhyming poems about ideas (politics, etc.). I also like non-funny descriptive poems about non-ideas.

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]]> By: Travis Birkenstock http://online.worldmag.com/2008/08/08/friday-poem-46/comment-page-1/#comment-329341 Travis Birkenstock Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:28:32 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/08/08/friday-poem-46/#comment-329341 Three out of last five Friday poems have been by Chesterton. Whassup with 'dat? Three out of last five Friday poems have been by Chesterton.

Whassup with ‘dat?

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