I like these, not for the least that they remind of Tennyson's
'Ulysses', (and that I am deep inside Fagle's translation of the
Odyssey...)
-----Original Message-----
From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Burke
Sent: Thursday, 15 June 2006 3:14 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Snapshot 14 June 02006
Sharon - because I couldn't write one of my own, and because I liked
your one and argued with it, I have written a positive mirror poem to
yours. Mine is not a poem at all, but it is my contribution to this
week's snaps (my lens is fogged up). I don't mean to offend.
Andrew
I am open to
suggestion, free
in a life of
comfort and choices,
my children so
secure and active,
villains locked away
in the jug, silenced
forever. I am
a strong breeze, filling
sails of laughter
and life --
a rainbow around
the sun, a white gum
by the river
as it shimmers
in response. I delight
in taking pleasure.
I hear the city
whispering and see
the ocean lapping.
----- Original Message -----
From: "sharon brogan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:15 AM
Subject: Snapshot 14 June 02006
> I am stubborn, sulky
> and sullen, caught
> in a thorned net
> of dreams --
>
> too many children
> in need of rescue,
> too many villians
> smug, and famously
>
> unpunished. I am
> a glass jar, filled
> with judgement
> and despair --
>
> even as a rainbow
> circles the sun;
> even as the aspen
> sings and shimmers
>
> in the wind. I refuse
> to take pleasure.
> I will not listen.
> I will not see.
>
>
> --
> ~ SB =^..^=
>
> http://www.sbpoet.com
> http://sb.chatango.com/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbmontana/
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