• rmuk@feddit.uk
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    6 days ago

    Sorry if this was already posted, but I didn’t see it:

    There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale

    There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;

    And frogs in the pools singing at night, And wild plum trees in tremulous white,

    Robins will wear their feathery fire Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;

    And not one will know of the war, not one Will care at last when it is done.

    Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree If mankind perished utterly;

    And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, Would scarcely know that we were gone.

    There’s also a short story by Ray Bradbury with the same title that quotes the poem.

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      4 days ago

      These are what I came to post. This has always stayed on my mind. Given what is going on in the world, the fact that the short story takes place in 2026 is very timely…

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      5 days ago

      I have the short story as read by Leonard Nimoy. it’s one of my most favorite Bradbury tales read by one of the best narrators of my childhood.

      I’m happy I downloaded it, as it seems to not be found on YouTube anymore…