tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post163332879764919715..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Not Making a Fetish of PlanningGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-42910479582517575062008-09-09T11:04:00.000-04:002008-09-09T11:04:00.000-04:00I thought that this would be at least somewhat app...I thought that this would be at least somewhat appropriate. The lines of the poetry are cannot be replicated in this cramped little comment box, however.<BR/><BR/>The Planster's Vision<BR/>John Betjeman<BR/><BR/>Cut down that timber! Bells, too many and strong,<BR/> Pouring their music through the branches bare,<BR/> From moon-white church-towers down the windy air<BR/>Have pealed the centuries out with Evensong.<BR/>Remove those cottages, a huddled throng!<BR/> Too many babies have been born in there,<BR/> Too many coffins, bumping down the stair,<BR/>Carried the old their garden paths along.<BR/><BR/>I have a Vision of the Future, chum,<BR/> The workers’ flats in fields of soya beans<BR/> Tower up like silver pencils, score on score:<BR/>And Surging Millions hear the Challenge come<BR/> From microphones in communal canteens<BR/> ‘No Right! No Wrong! All’s perfect, evermore!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-64474855809012923392008-09-09T09:19:00.000-04:002008-09-09T09:19:00.000-04:00The Mary/Martha conflict is one of my greatest str...The Mary/Martha conflict is one of my greatest struggles when reading the Bible. I can't write much more without digging myself into a deep theological hole, but I really want to side with Martha on that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com