Dear Sue,
I didn't realise from the poem that the person was dead. To me the
description had an illicit flavour to it, so I assumed the ending meant that
the man had returned to his partner, and that the last stanza was romantic
hyperbole.
Certainly if this were part of a series and the fact of his death were
clear, I would read the poem in a different way, but I can only comment on a
poem as it is presented.
I often find difficulty with making a narrative clear without being
too heavy-handed, I've recently been very disappointed with the response I
had to a poem, where nobody understood why I had given it a particular
title--yet it seemed so obvious to me.....
Kind regards,
grasshopper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Scalf" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: two new poem (reactions please)
> In a message dated 05/19/2002 12:25:03 AM Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << who are
> > farther away than any star or moon.
> > >> Grasshopper, to one living the one who is not living may seem
farther
> away than any star or moon. In the context of a collection of poetry the
> meaning of the last lines would be clear, although it may appear to be
> hyperbole and nothing more unless the total context is clear.
>
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