Re: Poetry versus "poetic prose"
Ellmyruh, on host 192.147.67.12
Thursday, January 25, 2001, at 11:36:44
Poetry versus "poetic prose" posted by Issachar on Thursday, January 25, 2001, at 08:44:43:
> Iss "high on Prose-ac" achar > > ********** > > words i did not have at the time > > Kiss me again! > In the moment I broke from you, > I knew nothing > But the suddenness of parting, > The brief, giddy tumbling of the mayfly, > The unraveling of the world > As its keystone falls away. > Kiss me! > The thirst of Tantalus is on me. > Let me drink and drink > And know nothing but the drinking > Nothing but the press of your lips > And the tightening knot > In the middle of me. > Kiss me forever! > Let us cling to each other, > Waist-deep in the midst of the Lethe, > Past and future swept away > In the current flowing around and through us. > Oh, kiss me again!
I hate to make short posts that seem pointless and frivolous, but I was tempted to just post a reply that read, "Wow."
I can't really explain that "Wow" at this point, but I meant it. After reading the poem three times, that is still the only word I can come up with.
Ellmyruh
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