tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post5948421511088586033..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: “It was an intelligent country”Michael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-48987778882887956112019-08-09T11:06:32.491-05:002019-08-09T11:06:32.491-05:00I know of Don Marquis but have never read him. Yes...I know <i>of</i> Don Marquis but have never read him. Yes, that poem, too, sure fits.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-84976834627032125582019-08-09T09:53:54.784-05:002019-08-09T09:53:54.784-05:00"here is what the ants are saying
it wont be..."here is what the ants are saying<br /><br />it wont be long now it wont be long<br />man is making deserts of the earth<br />it wont be long now<br />...<br /><br />dear boss i relay this information<br />without any fear that humanity<br />will take warning and reform<br /><br />archy"<br /><br /><br />Do you know archy's [Don Marquis's] "what the ants are saying"?<br />I'd picked up archy & mehitabel for my sister's birthday in June, because our parents liked the poems, but I'd never read them---I read what the ants say, and,<br />as with your quote in this post, I was stunned by how well the poem fits today.<br />http://donmarquis.com/home/2011/10/26/what-the-ants-are-sayingFrescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.com