Oh gosh I remember now, So better not let the sexual imagery continue or say
anything else about it but seems like Helen already has. Hmm very clever
once again. Sally J
>From: Mike Horwood <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: : At Dawn - Sally
>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:39:05 +0300
>
> > Hello Sally,
> Yes, you´re quite right. The genital imagery here is quite
>deep-rooted, if I might express it so. The word `orchid´ derives from the
>Greek word `orchis´ which means `testicle´. Language is very prone to start
>giving one the impression that everything in this world is everything else,
>as some poets have remarked, at least implicitly. Funny old world, isn´t it
>;-)
>
>
>
>Best wishes, Mike
>
>
>
> > Lähettäjä: Sally James <[log in to unmask]>
> > Päiväys: 2004/04/22 to PM 12:47:44 GMT+03:00
> > Vastaanottaja: [log in to unmask]
> > Aihe: Re: New sub: At Dawn Helen and Mike.
> >
> > I vaguelly remember as a former nurse a condition known as Orchitis
>which if
> > I remember rightly was inflamation of some aspects of the male
>reproductive
> > system. Sally J
> >
> >
> > >From: Helen Clare <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Re: New sub: At Dawn
> > >Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:06:38 +0100
> > >
> > >I've been waiting to comment on this, not wanting to reveal myself as
>the
> > >only one with a dirty mind... but I guess it is too late to be coy.
> > >On one level this is a poem about spring and birth, and the violence
> > >implicit that.
> > >But I can't help but observe that the orchid is often used to represent
>the
> > >male genitals... and I wondered if you were hinting at another kind of
>dawn
> > >rising here!
> > >Helen
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Mike Horwood" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 1:33 PM
> > >Subject: New sub: At Dawn
> > >
> > >
> > >At Dawn
> > >
> > >I never wanted this, the heart pumping,
> > >blood punishing the veins in thin wrists.
> > >
> > >The skin below my ribs parts and tears
> > >and the orchid pushes its silky stem
> > >at the wound´s livid lips,
> > >stretching flaps of flesh
> > >into a red-raw O.
> > >
> > >Orchis raises his headbud,
> > >dislodging cells like grains of soil,
> > >rippling my belly and I cannot look
> > >away, though the starting day lights
> > >the vegetable world outside my window
> > >and streaks the dawn sky.
> > >
> > >Could I rise and step out, barefoot,
> > >on the cool grass beneath the trees?
> > >
> > >I lie back on my pillow in single
> > >contemplation of the orchid blooming
> > >below my heart, streaked purple and yellow,
> > >lurid as any sky at dawn
> > >and imagine the feel of cool grass on bare feet.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Mike
> >
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