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coyote
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 1077

0 posted 2002-05-04 10:42 PM

“la luz de amor”

she is
      beauty incarnate
          la nina
to look
is to be unwound
             and wounded
at once
        without beliefs
at once
        believing

the fertility
             of green earth
whose voice
           enchants
and laugh
           enthralls

          and  I
         with voice
    of speak unspeakable

suspended on her vine
   shall ripen not

in shadow
dark
among the weeds

awaiting
        'til the killing frosts

that graceful touch
     of light

[This message has been edited by coyote (05-06-2002 09:57 PM).]

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

1 posted 2002-05-05 03:17 AM

Remarkable..why did this make me think of Tuscany? I think the vines...very very nice read m'friend..

One problem - troll...that image just doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the poem...

(hey - have I mentioned that it's great to see you back? yeah, I think so lol..)

K

coyote
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 1077

2 posted 2002-05-05 09:13 AM

Thanks for pointing that out, I've made some changes there.
Good to be back, K.
But surely you know, I live for the moment, lol.

coyote

"Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood." - T.S. Eliot

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

3 posted 2002-05-05 07:21 PM

Definitely better

K

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

4 posted 2002-05-09 09:29 PM

That could be a Peter Murphy song -- a good thing!!! (hey, this is Dark Poetry, so I need to keep the mentions of Bauhaus up

)

coyote
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 1077

5 posted 2002-05-09 10:50 PM

Thanks, bsquirrel.
Though I'm not familiar with Peter Murphy's work, I do know a limerick by that name?

coyote

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

6 posted 2002-05-11 02:13 AM

I missed it before your revision but I sure loved this, and the way it flowed down the page with changing imagery was great!

We should spend less time worrying about when our life is going to end and more on when it's going to start!

coyote
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 1077

7 posted 2002-05-13 12:29 PM

Thanks for reading, Sharon.
As you know this is a favorite theme of mine, but hardly true.

coyote

"Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood." - T.S. Eliot

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