Joanna,
Do you mean that you thought your poem was a bit odd, or that the "misheard"
was a bit odd?
Your poem, I think, gives a rich.spare mood of poetry-creating, and
especially of that which you yourself practice: the continuous intersect
of inspiration and craft.
Joodles.
> 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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