SIGIA-L Mail Archives: SIGIA-L: A Poem for IA's
SIGIA-L: A Poem for IA's
From: Betsy Martens (bmartens_at_leapnet.com)
Date: Thu Sep 21 2000 - 12:29:15 EDT
As I've been socked in for the last two months or so on a major project, I
haven't had any time to do more than flash through the list's various
contributions. But it's been like a lifeline. Time to give something back!
This seems like such a good IA anthem.
THE ARMFUL
For every parcel I stoop down to seize
I lose some other off my arms and knees,
And the whole pile is slipping, bottles, buns,
Extremes too hard to comprehend at. once
Yet nothing I should care to leave behind.
With all I have to hold with hand and mind
And heart, if need be, I will do my best.
To keep their building balanced at my breast.
I crouch down to prevent them as they fall;
Then sit down in the middle of them all.
I had to drop the armful in the road
And try to stack them in a better load.
--Robert Frost
Betsy Martens : Information Architect
Quantum Leap Communications
420 W. Huron St. : Chicago, IL 60610
312.528.2419 : bmartens_at_leapnet.com
PS--On my project I'm now at the "stacking them in a better load" phase.
Looking forward to LaJolla ...
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