Hmmm.
-- the speaker wishes to be a heart surgeon?
-- the person the speaker is addressing has a heart that appears to be sharp
& spiky, but is actually made of soft flower petals?
-- the poet meant to say:
i wish i could hold
your heart in my hands
open it
as a chrysanthemum opens
?
-- the speaker is confused
-- the poet is confused
On 11/22/06, Jennifer Compton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> i have never opened a chrysanthemum
> do you mean - open it - as a chrysanthemum opens?
>
> but if you are doing the opening - then how do you let the plant of your
> affection open as it should?
> I somtimes strip the petal protection from a californian poppy or an iris
> -
> just to see what colour it will be
>
> and it always seems to discourage the plant and make a blossom of less
> than
> perfection
>
> regards - jen
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: snapshot 22 november 02006
> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:36:03 -0700
>
> i wish i could hold
> your heart in my hand
>
> open it
> like a chrysanthemum
>
>
> **************
>
> this is a sort-of haiga, here:
> http://www.sbpoet.com/2006/11/snapshot_poem_2.html
>
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