Thanks, Douglas, and Fredrick. I'm glad "the point" came through. Could
perhaps be improved with a less obvious reference than Narnia, since
Narnia is, as you both observed, not really the point!
Oh, and should you have the opportunity to see the film; well, don't.
--Knut
On Mar 9, 2006, at 16:17, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Well, I have read the books & recognize the references (have NOT seen
> the film), but it was that nice touch of the final stanza that got to
> me in the way Fred mentioned.
>
> Doug
> On 8-Mar-06, at 2:21 PM, Frederick Pollack wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Knut Mork Skagen"
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 9:26 AM
>> Subject: Snap, 8/3/06
>>
>>
>> Adrian and his swimming pool gaze.
>> "Is Lucy for real?" In earnest;
>> he loves the cover drawing
>> of the two dancing with Aslan
>> and has to have one last look,
>> over and over, so he can hold it
>> past the threshold of sleep.
>> “Is Edmund real, then? Or Susan?”
>>
>> “But they’re real names, at least?
>> There are children, somewhere,
>> with names like these?”
>>
>> - kms, Trondheim, 08/03/06
>>
>> This is quite nice. Its meaning floats free of the C. S. Lewis
>> references. (Luckily, because I loathe every aspect of C. S. Lewis.)
>> Mysterious, haunting. Needs a title.
>>
>>
> Douglas Barbour
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> The stars wheel over
> The Cross drops its image
> Into the watertank.
>
> David Campbell
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