Friday, February 8, 2013

"Grief" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Story Round Up


Grief  By Elizabeth Barrett Browning
 
 
I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless;
 
That only men incredulous of despair,
 
Half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air
 
Beat upward to God’s throne in loud access
 
Of shrieking and reproach. Full desertness,
 
In souls as countries, lieth silent-bare
 
Under the blanching, vertical eye-glare
 
Of the absolute heavens. Deep-hearted man, express
 
Grief for thy dead in silence like to death—
 
Most like a monumental statue set
 
In everlasting watch and moveless woe
 
Till itself crumble to the dust beneath.
 
Touch it; the marble eyelids are not wet:
 
If it could weep, it could arise and go.
 
 
 
Ready to take the plunge
 
Would you trade out your birthday and Christmas presents to jump into a freezing lake in March? See why these three sisters will do just that.
 
 
 
An extraordinary life: Easton Fangerow
 
A dying boy's powerful spirit enriches his family, friends, and a pediatric hospice program.
 

 

 Doing it all for the animals
 
A Joliet Junior College veterinary technician student is doing more than realizing her lifelong dream. She volunteers at a local shelter and is organizing a benefit to help raise money for the shelter's planned dog run.
 
 
 
Put your camera to good use
 
A photojournlist with thirty plus years of experience hosts workshops so people may receive the best use from their digital cameras.
 

 

 A musician through the years
 
Although Mitch Alvarez has been writing, playing, and recording music for over four decades, he finally has completed his dream project, and it's a good one.
 

 

 

 

 

      

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