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Master Senior Member
since 1999-08-18
Posts 1867Boston, MA 
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“I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane I was the smudge of ashen fluff—and I Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky...” Nabokov, “Pale Fire” Our ends but prove the endlessness beyond. Just like reflections in the azure pond, Reveal to us the enigmatic void, So do our lives, and we should not avoid The possibility of spirits, goblins, ghosts, For even those whose arms embrace the cross Live on to tell their stories in our speech And from the seventh cloud voices reach Our deafened ears to be consumed by time... We barely hear the echoes of sublime, And often, we neglect most vivid hints And chase instead the most misprinted prints While all around us, like butterflies aloft, Gray phantoms hover in the undergrowth. Check out my poetry here: |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Wanted you to know I've read this a few times, and it's just not absorbing. By no fault of your own though,  , my brain is full of grey matter. LOLI will stop back later, and read it again. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Master~ You sure picked a fascinating Russian poet to quote. (Tee-Hee, I know this one)  I've read Pale Fire and it's fascinating. Nabkov was quite the talented writer, poet and personality. His fascination with butterflies was evident in some of his work ... much of it, in fact. His 'claim-to-fame', Lolita ... is still a much discussed piece. 'Our ends but prove the endlessness beyond.' I enjoyed this very much. Now I'm off to re-read 'Pale Fire' ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
Master, I really like the imagery you have chosen to express the afterlife in this poem and how you relate those not so haunting spectrums into our living today... I do belive those voices from the 7th cloud and those gray phantoms to be the voices and images of angels... Great poem. Oh, and I loved the deca-syllables. Bob <>< |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
A really fascinating poem. I've read it several times and seem to discover new depths each time. Betty Lou Hebert |
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