A dark mythological river

by chuckofish

Today is National Bad Poetry Day. This seems to me to be a stupid holiday and I will ignore it. I prefer to read some good poetry. Here’s Billy Collins reading his poem “Forgetfulness,” which is a favorite of mine.

(We cannot mention Collins without remembering this classic.)

Here’s Richard Burton reading John Donne…

…Ralph Fiennes reads Kipling’s “The Way Through the Woods”…

…”Two English Poems” by Jorge Luis Borges read by Tom O’Bedlam…

Don’t you feel better…and smarter? (Even if you are losing your memory.)

Here’s an interesting chat with Carl Trueman. And here’s a good reminder. You can do this.

Blessed is the one
    who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
    or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
    which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.

–Psalm 1: 1-3