More sonnets grassy?
Nice one though.
Only two comments:
L5 should it not be *keep* rather than *kept*?
L11 typo at start of next sentence, should be an upper case *I*
Best
Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: "grasshopper" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 8:44 AM
Subject: New sub: The Ghost of Icarus
The Ghost of Icarus
Your bones creak, Father, and your beard's bleached white.
You see how those dark hawkmoths seem to yearn
towards the oil-lamp's spindled flame? They turn
in tightening circles angled to the light.
They kept the sun safe-quartered in their sight
and now believe they navigate earth's sphere.
Macrocosm, microcosm - is that clear?
They think that slant will set their course a-right.
Moths fly by instinct, humans wing by will.
Apollo touched my soul. I heard his voice
and climbed to golden bliss. l fell through choice,
and grasped what poets reach for, quill by quill.
I thought it best to die still free, aflame,
not risk some rueful future, clipped and tame.
grasshopper
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