that's too bad. it's the last stanza that "woke me up"
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Behalf Of Marion McCready
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:13 PM
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Subject: Re: Father Frost
Hi Sally, thankyou. I might just do that, thanks for the idea. The title
and the last verse refer to a Russian fairytale called Father Frost, but
I think the references might just be throwing the read of the poem.
Thanks again.
Marion
--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Sally James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Sally James <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Father Frost
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, 7 January, 2009, 8:46 PM
> Love this Marion, Could you maybe omit the last verse.
> lovely poem. best wishes sallyj> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009
> 23:39:49 +0000> From: [log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Father Frost> To: [log in to unmask]>
> > Airy glitter,> living flutter> crackles in my
> mouth.> > A white weave of spicules > spreads
> across > translucent ground.> > Spin, spin, >
> the busy bones> spill the warp, the weft.> > Dress
> my skin> in chrystalline, > in milky rime and rest.
> > > Take me for a sculpture;> a marble
> Caryatid.> Take me in > > your feather hands,>
> shape my arms, my legs.> Soothe me with > > your
> silent songs, > blow into me your breath.> Across the
> fields > > the pancakes burn,> she's praying
> > I'll catch my death.> > > >
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