No, no, midear, 'tis true. I did actually mishear the lecturer, and that was
the journey my waking mind took. Glad you liked it -- I thought it was a bit
odd, myself.
joanna
----- Original Message -----
From: "judy prince" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: snap
> Joanna,
>
> This is stunning! The yield of dreams well worked, m'dear!
>
> Judy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joanna Boulter" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:08 PM
> Subject: snap
>
>
>> Poetry Seeks Radiance
>> (on a line misheard at a lecture)
>>
>> Poetry seeks ravens
>> I thought he said,
>> catching a dark feather
>> from the gibbet birds,
>> their proof of poetry's
>> keen eye and murderous
>> merciless beak. The only radiance here
>> is the shining bones
>> pecked clean, the purest
>> possible form. If this
>> is tumbled in its chains
>> we must reassemble
>> it with unflinching hands.
>>
>>
>> Joanna Boulter
>> Darlington UK
>>
>
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