the heart is a pure bred horse - a poem

after the long ride
the bridled horse, turning homeward,
can break into a full gallop
without notice
it's instincts kick in
and it knows where is the stable

my heart runs as fast and strong
as any pure bred animal
it may be a new story it encounters
the same old fable in new clothes
that reminds the mind time is short
don't waste one moment on one vain thing

and i remember a day
when i rode through the pastures
with you at breakneck speed in the rain
our steeds jumping streams with boundless leaps
us ducking our heads from the low-lying branches
summoning courage neither knew we had

and years later meeting again
both still enjoying adventures,
both with new tales to tell
it did my heart good to see you
again in the rain beneath a hemlock tree
the water trickling down your sighing breast
the teardrops kissing your lips...

The Devil Knows Latin (Why America Needs the Classical Tradition)

at first, it seems rather offputting kopff attempts to write on the topic of the classical tradition while doing so for a postmodern attention span. in the beginning of the book, he touches on several topics: the need for the classical tradition in America, a very brief survey of modern economics, and the depravity of modern liberalism, all without delving too deep into his subjects he discusses. however, in the chapter where margaret fuller arrives in Rome and finds her true Self and Home there, the pieces begin to fall into place. following are analyses and biographies of various intellectuals who include J.R.R. Tolkien, James Frazier, and Douglas Young among others who were steeped in the western classics and ultimately made contributions to the conservative culture at large.

this is not a clarion call, but a gentle reminder it is not too late to be initiated into the western classical tradition, and a cogent argument for reviving the humanities in our schools by prying them from the hands of the new critics and postmodern loonies who hijacked them in the sixties and injecting them once again with a good dose of the liberal arts.

sounds plausible to me!