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Open Poetry #2

And Why Is the Winter...

Soleil
Member

since 1999-06-12

Posts 113

0 posted 1999-09-27 10:41 PM

The use of our conversation
Was like a missed location on a map
Yet it lingers with no reserve
Like the smell of three-day-old fish.
Cigarette butts and empty paper cups
Are reminders
That the difference between
Concrete, macadam and tarmac
Is small, unless you are the architect.
In French the pavement runs linear and
Seems to have no end
In Gaelic the words screech
Upon the wind
And can return at their convenience.
The profile of poetry is both
Luminescent in twilight
And obscene and for sale.
There is no guarantee.
But I want no mindless cheap charity.
As for our conversation:
La jeune fille n'ecoute pas
Les vieux hommes demanderons l'heure.
Et qui est l'hiver
Quand nous sommes le printemp?

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 1999-09-28 12:43 PM

I think I like this. I wish I knew French. Would you mind interpreting for an unlearned
but inquisitve mind? Thanks!

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Denise

Soleil
Member

since 1999-06-12

Posts 113

2 posted 1999-09-28 08:33 PM

...translation,
The young girl does not hear.
The old men ask the hour.
And why is the Winter
When we are the Spring?

Wendy
Junior Member

since 1999-09-10

Posts 16
Vermont

3 posted 1999-09-28 08:47 PM

Ahhh, I love the part about the architect (wish I'd thought of that!) However, I'm proud and amazed that I DIDN'T need a translation. :-)

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

4 posted 1999-09-28 08:53 PM

Thanks for the enlightenment, Soleil. Yes I like this very much! I studied German and Spanish in school, but I've always loved the sound of French! So musical!

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Denise

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
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5 posted 2004-04-18 02:12 PM

learn something new every day...

love this write

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