He, welcome back Janet.
I liked the way this began but feel that it doesnt need to go on so
long. I felt it had done most of what it seemed to want to do by
And by nine quiet words
and the slight nod of a
face.
Also not sure what you mean by 'whooed'...
Doug
On 21-Nov-06, at 8:28 AM, Janet Jackson wrote:
> I'm back! Hi Patrick, Jon, everyone; thanks Alison for reinstating me.
> The following poem is a work in progress. Started yesterday.
>
>
> The answer to your question
> can only be sung.
> Can only be whooed with an umbrella-flipping wind
> Can only be rained.
>
> It cannot be Googled,
> found on Wikipedia,
> archived,
> written or spoken.
>
> But it can be born. The answer to your question can be born
> in a plane or a tunnel
> a revolving restaurant or a cave
> a Hyatt or a fleapit.
>
> Then it will need to be rained.
>
> The answer to your question can be rained
> by a guitar, can be tossed all over you
> by the interplay of drums, can be splashed
> hot onto your cheeks by the smile and flip,
> pull and release of bass.
>
> And by nine quiet words
> and the slight nod of a
> face.
>
> ***
>
> Then the answer to your question can be felt
> but you have to feel it yourself. You have to sit
>
> in the perfunctory hush of a non-denominational chapel
> and cry into empty hands. Just-emptied, sweaty hands.
>
> Pray as someone who has never prayed before,
> to presence which needs no name.
>
> Give thanks for the miraculous loss of a dream.
> Then look at the stained glass and see, sun-backlit, the
> face.
>
> ***
>
> Then sing and sing, in whatever voice you have.
> Because remember what I said at the start.
> The answer to your question can only be sung.
>
>
> Janet
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> Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
> Poems at Proximity:
> http://www.proximity.webhop.net
>
> "Jars of springwater are not enough
> anymore. Take us down to the river!"
> Rumi, trans. Coleman Barks.
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
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not monuments, I being
content. It is little,
but it is little enough.
John Newlove
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