that's a good extract Roger. but you'll notice that it doesn't have
the word 'poet' or 'poetry' in the text itself, just in the title.
subtlety is a fine thing. (the title doesn't make that opening stanza,
or thepoem itself, un-subtle)
KS
On 16/02/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Quite a few then ...
> http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?query=poet&filter=colVerse&Submit=Go
>
> A lot are the poet as actual commentator. Doesn't seem to be much of
> that about these days.
>
> For sheer OTT ITT http://www.bartleby.com/265/420.html strikes a chord:
>
> "I HAVE come into the Desert because my soul is athirst as the Desert
> is athirst;
> My soul which is the soul of all; universal, not different.
> We are athirst for the waters which make beautiful the path
> And entice the grass, the willows and poplars,
> So that in the heat of the day we may lie in a cool shadow, 5
> Soothed as by the hands of quiet women, listening to the discourse of
> running waters as the voices of women, exchanging the confidences of
> love."
>
>
> Roger
>
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