Some of the enws has been out there.
I'm reminded of a poem by Canadian writer, Eli Mandel:
Beware the Sick Lion
They say Stalin at night
sleepless in the suburbs of Moscow
drew up long lists of enemies
think of that dreadful paper
to be sentenced by the pen
of an insomniac sleep-writing
new stars wheel over Spain
bulldozers cut roads through groves
in Africa moors rule who once ruled Spain
sleepless I pace before barred windows
fake-andalusian arches and toward sea
a Parador only cuts lines against the dark
where dark Greeks and Phoenicians sailed
if it is love that fingers in the mind
wake with a touch
curious
I remember only what was lost
plotting my own purges and despairs
& as a poet, connecting it to questioning himself...
This has been a very interesting conversation. And I too was grateful
to get the url for the Ash article.
Doug
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
(780) 436 3320
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
The poet is ecstatic, having dreamt of this visit for weeks.
He takes Erato’s face, dribbling and wild, between his hands
and kisses her gently as if she were a runaway teenager.
Diana Hartog
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