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Scrah, Welcome the Literature Network Forum!
Hello, everyone I am just new to the forum. It will take some time for me to abserve you all and learn the trend........
Welcome!
Hello. I'm self-employed with a wonky schedule, and so am often unable to attend the bookish events that I would like to. I write, and I am relatively well-informed about the local indie writers, especially the LGBTQ lot. For several months of the year, my reading list is limited to classics and modern literature; the rest of the time, I indulge in a smorgasbord of the written word. Caveat: My tastes in literature are persnickety, and I have no qualms about demanding that the authors reach for the literary stars. (I decided last year that I was too old to finish any book that bored me, for whatever reason. Life is short, etc. etc.)
Welcome, Seth, to LitNet. Have a look round and see what you like.
Hello, everyone.
Hello Ellison. Tell us a bit about yourself?
Hmm. I am so bad at talking about myself. I enjoy the written word in many forms: fiction, essay, memoir, poetry, and so forth. Now that I'm older, I wish I would have been an English Lit major in university.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamwoven
Then you have come to the right place. Suggest you spend some time browsing the LitNet forums and see what capture you imagination.
Hi friends,
I am new to here. And very happy to be here. Thank you for adding me :)
I think you probably added yourself. Welcome!
hello :D
i was brought here by my english paper on pride and prejudice... this forum seems cool and fun so i registered #booksFTW
Hello everyone,
Being a new member, just wanted to introduce myself to the community and say 'hi' :)
Welcome, Liv, and ThomasRS, this is a friendly forum, so enjoy it.
Hi everyone!
I'm an avid reader of novels, mostly fiction and current (written over the past 50 years or so) but i do enjoy some of the classics as well.
I'm also a game designer who goes above and beyond with research... whether it be for story, art and aesthetics, or even gameplay mechanics!
However, I'm in no way a literature major. I tend to have questions that come about when reading some fiction and i hope the good people on this forum can help me clear up some confusion!
The best way is to browse the forums of LitNet. It sounds as if your game designing could be interesting.
Thanks Dreamwoven, it tends to get pretty interesting after reading through several massive text books :sick:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamwoven
I'll look through the forums before i ask a dumb question :p
Hi!
I'm here because I was reading The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux and really wanted to talk about it with somebody....So I searched the internet, naturally! I love books of many different kinds and I'm a bit of a history nerd- I study performance practice on violin and I love languages. It's nice to meet you all and I hope to have some cool discussions about BOOKS!!
Welcome! I, too have studied the violin, and also languages. You have come to the right place to discuss books!
Hi,
Years ago I was receiving the Sonnet a Day thing. When I tried to find it again, I wound up here.
I am really glad to have found this forum. Not sure how much I will contribute but I will be reading with interest.
Always good to welcome new users to LitNet!
HI, my name is Matt14.
I am looking for a poem from the 1930's, or it could be earlier. My mother learned it in school. she has remembered a few lines but, not the title, the lines are as follows:
With proud thanksgiving a mother for her children
England morns across the sea
blood of her blood
spirit of her spirit
born in the cause of the free.....
This is what I was able to get. I hope someone knows of this poem and would let me know about it Please.
I do not know if these lines are from the same poem:
How we all extend ourselves
Blood across the water (English Channel)
Thank you for any help. It is for my mother who has dementia
Well, I never thought I'd be visiting forums again (my last was back in '06 or '07) but here I am.
My name's Sal. Avid book lover who just started getting into classical fiction. I've been using this website for the past few months to interpret works from various classical authors. It's nice to meet you all.
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Originally Posted by Matt14
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/laur...the-fallen.htm
Hi guys, and welcome!
Here 'tisQuote:
Originally Posted by Matt14
For The Fallen (1914)
by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943)
The Ode is the fourth stanza of “For the Fallen”, a poem written by Laurence Binyon in 1914. The Ode has been recited in ceremonies since 1919, including at the Australian War Memorial’s inauguration in 1929 and at every ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day Ceremony held at the Memorial. These lines should be recited in a respectful manner:
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn in drums thrill: Death august and royal
Signs sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They mingle not with their laughing comrades again:
They sit no more at familiar tables at home;
They have no lot in our labor of the daytime;
They sleep beyond England's foam.
But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
felt as a wellspring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars that are known to the Night.
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
to the end, to the end, they remain.
Brilliant that this poem was found by Spikepipsqueek! Not just found but quoted in full, including the title and the author.
I joined a few years ago (2012) but ... I dunno.
I have been busy. My name is Jill and I'm a
extreme lit student. I'm addicted to syllabi.
:)
Hi everyone.
Welcome, Jill. All of us are a bit erratic on this website, periods of intensity and then doing other things.
Hello, all!
I'm Andrea and, like all of you, I am a writer/literature lover. I hope this can be a place where I can post some of my work and explore other writers as well. I'm always looking for a new read and new talent. :)
Feel free, Andrea. Thats what LitNet is for, and welcome!
Hello, I guess I am the new kid on the block. I am an avid reader having grown up without television, and writing is presumably in my blood with my Mother being a published author. I also like to explore numerous creative outlets including writing songs, photography, and wood working. And finally, during the day I am a Software Architect designing and creating enterprise software generally for Fortune 50 companies including insurance, banking, airlines, pharmaceuticals, and even DHS. I have several writing projects in the works and I am looking forward to interacting with many of you on this site.
You are lucky not having grown up with TV, its a real brain-dead media form. Welcome to the LitNet site and good luck!
Hi. thanks for having me.
hello....
Hi David
My thoughts exactly
Welcome to everyone!
Regarding TV, I wonder if the internet in general or social media technology like Facebook or even this site in particular are its modern replacement. We have simply advanced beyond TV like moving from vinyl records to compact disks or even more recently digital storage in the cloud. It is better to have the opportunity to talk back that TV didn't provide in the past.
hiiii
For oldies like me, technical change moves too fast to keep up.
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Originally Posted by YesNo
nice...