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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Silence
Driving in to work this morning, this song filtered through the car radio : The Sounds of Silence. And you will have to forgive me for my lack of an engineering or mathematical mind...I did get my degree in History afterall, and straight edges never held for me much of a draw. So, through natural inclination, poems and lyrics line the places where I walk and so the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls stay with me all day...songs have such a beautiful way of transporting us, transforming us. Lyrics quietly nest in our mind and stay...but today I leave you with a poem by a new poet to me, A.E. Stallings. I hope you enjoy and think on the differences...
Extinction of Silence
by A.E. Stallings
That it was shy when alive goes without saying.
We know it vanished at the sound of voices
Or footsteps. It took wing at the slightest noises,
Though it could be approached by someone praying.
We have no recordings of it, though of course
In the basement of the Museum, we have some stuffed
Moth-eaten specimens—the Lesser Ruffed
And Yellow Spotted—filed in narrow drawers.
But its song is lost. If it was related to
A species of Quiet, or of another feather,
No researcher can know. Not even whether
A breeding pair still nests deep in the bayou,
Where legend has it some once common bird
Decades ago was first not seen, not heard.
Extinction of Silence
by A.E. Stallings
That it was shy when alive goes without saying.
We know it vanished at the sound of voices
Or footsteps. It took wing at the slightest noises,
Though it could be approached by someone praying.
We have no recordings of it, though of course
In the basement of the Museum, we have some stuffed
Moth-eaten specimens—the Lesser Ruffed
And Yellow Spotted—filed in narrow drawers.
But its song is lost. If it was related to
A species of Quiet, or of another feather,
No researcher can know. Not even whether
A breeding pair still nests deep in the bayou,
Where legend has it some once common bird
Decades ago was first not seen, not heard.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Austin LETU Alumni
We had a great meet-and-greet with Austin area alumni this Friday past. Thanks to the Austin campus for being such great hosts and serving such yummy delights. The Office of Alumni and Parent Relations hopes to have many more forays into the Austin area. If you are an LETU alumnus and want to get connected, please visit http://mycommunity.letu.edu/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=183&srcid=-2 to enroll in the LETUonly online social community or you can also join the LETU Alumni Association Facebook group. Hope to see you at our next event.
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