W.H. Auden posts on DU from the grave.

[CTyankee]

Thou shalt not live within thy means
Nor on plain water and raw greens.
If thou must choose
Between the chances, choose the odd;
Read The New Yorker, trust in God;
And take short views.

[DFLforever]

1. a kick for poetry

:kick:

[Motown_Johnny]

2. McCain can't get on the net by himself but a dead poet can post here?? OMG!

OK., this was also just a mindless and meaningless kick for poetry

[rug]

3. Epitaph on a Tyrant

by W. H. Auden

Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,
And when he cried the little children died in the streets.