(never give a hand, they'll take your arm - common Italian wisdom)
Ah, Anny, this reminds me of reading those runes, how there's one for Tyr, the
Nordic (?) story of the man who made a "terrible sacrifice" to bind up the great
wolf that was threatening to devour the world. The terrible sacrifice was his
hand which the wolf devoured, but, while the wolf was busy, it could be bound.
And when you draw the card reversed, it says something to the effect "be
careful, the wolf may take your hand and yet remain unbound," which is to say
chomping down one's hand and still wolfing on its way. Makes you wonder if all
these 'old wives' were hanging out in the same ancient buccolic village
somewhere, all these similar common sayings, dichos, etc.
best,
Rebecca
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:21:30 +0100
>From: Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: me trying it on
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>That was pot-post-mo enough for me as well!
>cheers Martin, waiting for more,
>(never give a hand, they'll take your arm - common Italian wisdom)
>
>Anny Ballardini
>http://annyballardini.blogspot.com
>http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
>The aim of the poet is to awaken emotions in the soul, not to gather
>admirers.
>Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "MJ Walker" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:06 AM
>Subject: Re: me trying it on
>
>
>> Merci, Rebecca . I have an awful block, but reading what Jow wrote,
>> particularly his apologia, sort of spurred me to let it all hang out.
>> This was as post modern as I get but it ended up like a sonnet anyway.
>> mj
>>
>> Rebecca Seiferle wrote:
>>
>> >I like your poem, Martin, the texture of it, the many "r's" the most
>common letter
>> >in German "Russian Rilkean" Roger Roger" and within the words too, and
>the way
>> >it jams as it goes so that
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>where is she when you really need him
>> >>counting the haws and kicking against the pricks
>> >>a debile crooner or a punkah stare
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >has a kind of loopy jazz to it, and that question, where is she when you
>really
>> >need him and the German included in the last line are so sharpen the
>focus, so
>> >thanks,
>> >
>> >best,
>> >
>> >Rebecca
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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