So, are ALL politicians deadbeats?

One of my favorite lines by Robert Service is "A promise made is a debt unpaid."

If you can name the poem, you can consider yourself awarded a paper star, like in grade-school.

March 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Discussion | 3 comments

What does this phrase mean?

the phrase is:

So the stranger stumbles across the room and flops down there like a fool.

I need an explanation to what this means, it’s from the poem The Shooting of Dan McGrew by Robert Service.

Please help!

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Discussion | 3 comments

What are poetic devices in this poem by robert service " lottery Ticket'?

‘A ticket for the lottery
I’ve purchased every week,’ said she
‘For years a score
Though desperately poor am I,
Oh how I’ve scrimped and scraped to buy
One chance more.

Each week I think I’ll gain the prize,
And end my sorrows and my sighs,
For I’ll be rich;
Then nevermore I’ll eat bread dry,
With icy hands to cry and cry
And stitch and [...]

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Discussion | One comment

I'm looking for a Robert Service themed Fiction book

A fictional book about roughing it in nature, can be in any time period. It can be about hiking, searching for something, or anything in between.
If you know Robert Service then you know that he portrays nature (Mostly forestry and mountain areas) as being dangerous, judging, and all powerful but at the same time welcoming. [...]

March 14th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Discussion | 2 comments