A River of Words - Podcast

The Wants of Man

nospam@example.com (TML) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:39:21 -0600

This week’s batch of ST:TNG episodes includes one titled ‘The Ensigns of Command’, which Memory Alpha cites as coming from this poem by John Quincy Adams, which I found to be…not horrible. For those not inclined to read the entire poem, here’s the relevant section.

I want the seals of power and place, 

The ensigns of command, 

Charged by the people’s unbought grace, 

To rule my native land. 

Nor crown nor sceptre would I ask, 

But from my country’s will, 

By day, by night, to ply the task 

Her cup of bliss to fill.

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The Spell of the Yukon

nospam@example.com (TML) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:58:00 -0700

Watching Star Trek: The Next Generation for my podcast reintroduced me to the poem “The Spell of the Yukon”, by Robert W. Service. This poem often makes me think of my childhood in Wyoming where I would spend hours and hours getting lost to the world in the alley behind our house…

It’s the great, big, broad land ‘way up yonder,
It’s the forests where silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness that fills me with peace.

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