That's basically how I read it Sue. The jewel is the sun, seen at one of
those moments, low in the sky and a great red ball, but also with the
connotations that you have mentioned.
Bob was interested in the way that the light was described and used as
metaphor.
Best
Roger
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From: "Sue Scalf" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: This is the only moment (Mike)/Bob/Colin
>I am not sure what the Great Carbuncle is here. In my mind's eye, I just
>see
> a green, very green cemetery at twilight, bathed with a kind of red light
> from what is left of the setting sun, a garnet light, darkening into
> night,
> perhaps with a hint of life ending in death, just as evening goes into
> night.
> Bring into that the idea of the meaning of carbuncle as it pertains to
> infection
> and we get a double meaning, perhaps of love ending, becoming almost like
> something that is as ugly as the physical carbuncle of infection. The
> poem is very
> amorphous. Sue
>
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