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- adriennep on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Thanks Father Z, cosmology lesson as only you can impart.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Hmmm. Those kind of tassels have always reminded me of fancy curtain tiebacks so I have avoided making them but…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Fr.Z sez: …The Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky Way and then become characters in Star Trek…. V’ger!! https://youtu.be/gxAaVqdz_Vk?t=96”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Being from Florida, I remember when both Voyagers launched – you could see them from our house. At that time,…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Too bad the Curia has drifted too far from its power source…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Voyager 2 launched on 20 August 1977, from Cape Canaveral. Voyager 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on 5 September 1977.…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I guess Voyager I gives new meaning to the poem High Flight. Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Now this is very interesting. Not just looking up at some small dots of light overhead!”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “The final resting place of Plato puts me in mind of a memorable excerpt I once read about Aristotle in…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “Someone pointed out the St. George’s Day Google Doodle with its background account to me – with one of the…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: ““George Farmer, aka Candace Owen’s husband. He is a revert” If I’m reading the interview correctly, first a convert, then…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Not to detract from anything Imrahill said, but well, the papally-attested infallible ordinary magisterium about a catholic truth, not the…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Understatement of the year: they don’t make them like that anymore!”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “What happened to Voyager 2? And what sort of “science” data will Voyager 1 soon be able to resume transmitting?…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Not too shabby for a 77’ model.”
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Category Archives: Poetry
#ASonnetADay – Sonnet 142. “Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate…”
#ASonnetADay – Sonnet 142. “Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate…” pic.twitter.com/grjtgx3XSg — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) April 12, 2021
#ASonnetADay – Sonnet 141. “In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes…”
#ASonnetADay – Sonnet 141. “In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes…” pic.twitter.com/eVdX2QyutM — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) April 11, 2021
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 140. “Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press…”
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 140. “Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press…” pic.twitter.com/NRghPvO1QL — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) April 9, 2021
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#ASonnetADay – SONNET 139. “O call not me to justify the wrong…”
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 139. “O call not me to justify the wrong…” pic.twitter.com/F0FceWY0bz — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) April 8, 2021
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 137. “Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes…”
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 137. “Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes…” (Our Lady of Vulcan is back, in honor of @SirPatStew who started these sonnet days.) pic.twitter.com/z1nQChDnB3 — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) April 3, 2021
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#ASonnetADay – SONNET 135. “Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy Will…” & SONNET 136 “If thy soul check thee that I come so near…”
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 135. “Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy Will…” & SONNET 136 “If thy soul check thee that I come so near…” pic.twitter.com/d2EZoa6x9u — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) April 2, 2021
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 134. “So now I have confessed that he is thine…”
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 134. “So now I have confessed that he is thine…” OOOPS! By accident I deleted the original, so I'm reposting this. Sorry. pic.twitter.com/HecgFXf8Ei — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) April 2, 2021
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 133. “Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan…”
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 133. “Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan…” pic.twitter.com/W3j3sVzhTC — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) April 1, 2021
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 132. “Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me…”
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 132. “Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me…” pic.twitter.com/x6C0wRYiXX — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) March 30, 2021
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 131. “Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art…”
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 131. “Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art…” (Find another version on the blog!) pic.twitter.com/8bMriy3bVA — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) March 29, 2021 The other version… recorded way out of sequence back when Sir Patrick Stewart … Read More
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 130. “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 130. “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” pic.twitter.com/4XwZJLWAzi — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) March 29, 2021
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 129. “Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame…”
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 129. "Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame…" pic.twitter.com/HQM6hCqVS5 — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) March 28, 2021
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 128. “How oft, when thou, my music, music play’st…”
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 128. “How oft, when thou, my music, music play’st…” pic.twitter.com/cWRpQ4APT9 — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) March 26, 2021
SONNET 127. “In the old age black was not counted fair…” After that break… let’s get to the end!
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 127. “In the old age black was not counted fair…” After that break… let’s get to the end! pic.twitter.com/Rlcf0KitFM — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) March 25, 2021
Ash Wednesday by Eliot
Back in 2013, with a remnant of a cold, I read T. S. Eliot’s Ash Wednesday. It’s interesting to go back to that post and see the comments. For example, Supertradmum is no longer with us. Say a prayer for the repose … Read More
A Poetry Encounter for Candlemas
Tomorrow is traditionally the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is also known as Candlemas. There are references to light in the liturgy and we bless candles. Candlemas is the conclusion of the Advent/Christmas cycle. We … Read More
“last year’s words belong to last year’s language”
A moment poetical as a new year begins: […] Last season’s fruit is eaten And the fullfed beast shall kick the empty pail. For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. But, … Read More
#ASonnetADay – GUEST Poet – G.K. Chesterton “The House Of Christmas”
#ASonnetADay – GUEST Poet – G.K. Chesterton “The House Of Christmas” pic.twitter.com/CnODYIkdFx — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) December 26, 2020
#ASonnetADay – GUEST Poem – Christina Rossetti, “In the bleak midwinter”
#ASonnetADay – GUEST Poem – Christina Rossetti, “In the bleak midwinter” Merry Christmas Eve! pic.twitter.com/Oxvym75pPM — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) December 25, 2020
#ASonnetADay – 126. “O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power…”
#ASonnetADay – 126. “O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power…” pic.twitter.com/ziMPZa83jM — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) December 24, 2020 And so we come to the end of the “Fair Youth Sonnets”.
adriennep on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Thanks Father Z, cosmology lesson as only you can impart.”
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