I'm thinking we need a new poet, one with less a prolific output to choose from.
I'm thinking we need a new poet, one with less a prolific output to choose from.
This elegant poem is third in a group of four short poems, designated "Portovenere". It's short lines are
reminiscent of Rilke but perhaps this is the after effect of translation.
from Collected Poems, 1920-1954
[Revised Bilingual Edition, translated and annotated
by Jonathan Galassi]
{Portovenere, group of four poems}
(pp 50-51)
There the Tritone surges
into the breakers lapping
a Christian temple's floor,
and every coming hour
is ancient. Every doubt
is taken by the hand
like a little friend.
No one ever eyes himself
or listens for his own voice there.
.....
Sorry... I've been tied up with familial issues: strep throat, a father-in-law in the hospital, family obligations over the holiday, and now my wife in surgery. I'd like to explore a couple other poems before moving on. I'll try to post over the next few days.
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How about this:
from House by the Sea
Here the journey ends:
in these petty cares dividing
a soul no longer able to protest
now minutes implacable, regular
as the flywheel on a pump.
One turn: a rumble of water rushing.
Second turn: more water, occasional creakings.
Here the journey ends, on this shore
probed by slow, assiduous tides.
Only a sluggish haze reveals
the sea woven with troughs
by the mild breezes: hardly ever
in that dead calm
does spiny Corsica or Capraia loom
through islands of migratory air.
...
My journey ends on these shores
eroded by the to-and-fro of the tides.
Your heedless heart, so near, may even now
be lifting sail for the eternities.
[The following is a preliminary list of poets for the vote on the next round of poetry bookclub: Philip Larkin, Allen Ginsberg , Medbh McGuckian, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, Earle Birney, Anne Herbert, Ali Ahmad Said Asbar (Adunis), Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Anne Carson and Boris Pasternak]
How we going to do this? Everyone pick 3 again? Or are we going to do everyone list them from most favored to least favored?
Oh, I'm feelin' the Russian on this one.Originally Posted by quasimodo1
Definately.
I would be interested in posting a piece, does it requre anything vividly?
Where art thou?
Good queston. Quasi, how do we do this? Would you want me to set up a poll? That will require a new thread, I think.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
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Virgil, How about you run the vote on this group and a new thread would be great.
Oh I'm just seeing this now. Will do, sir. *snaps to attention and salutes*
Edit: Before I do so, I need to understand something. Are we allowed one vote per person or can you vote for as many as you wish. I don't think the system allows you to only vote for three? We can go with unlimited and have a genteman's (and lady's) to limit your voting to three. What should I do Quasi?
Last edited by Virgil; 12-25-2008 at 11:36 PM.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Um i need some help if anyone's interested :33
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