“Rose is a rose is a rose” wrote Gertrude Stein
in her 1913 poem “Sacred Emily”,
and it remains to this day a famous line.
The meaning of the phrase, most have come to agree,
is “things are what they are” by anyone’s decree.
The original idiom didn’t begin with the letter “A”,
though generally seen and quoted that way today.
No [...]
Syndication
via RSS
via Email
via Technorati
-
-
RSS Links
-
Recent Posts
Archives
Tags
battle of Gettysburg bigfoot climate change contented with you DaBard dream dreams Eugene Noel Wells global warming growing old Grow Old Gracefully immortal poets love forever love poem Noel Wells old age one hit wonders poem poem about time poerty poet poetry PoetryMine poetry words pop music question of time remember this day rose rose for the ages Samantha Reed Sasquatch songbirds songbirds show songs of one hit wonders Stunning Samantha Reed sunrise time US Navy USS Indianapolis war way with words Winter's day World War Two young love Zigzag
BlogoSquare