Dying/broken/forgiven.... now I begin

Born: 17-06-56....gemini.... monkey
re-born: 3-09-80
born again\found: 14-04-08
other notable dates: 10-03-68; 03-09-87; 23-03-96;
1-05-98; 31-01-02; 5-04-04

Interests: movement, stressed/transgressive embodiment, lived experience (body\space\time\relation)
expression ( word, dance, text, image, story, music, poetics)
learning, yielding......

Hopes for the blog:
offer up the wild intersectedness of lived experience and engage others in creative, expressive, perhaps irreverant, hopefully playful, and respectful encounters....
enact kindness
create moments of pause for disclosure, discovery, stillness

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Plunderverse

Sea Gulls
E.J.Pratt

For one carved instant as they flew
The language had no simile--
Silver, crystal, ivory
Were tarnished. Etched upon the horizon blue,
The frieze must go unchallenged, for the lift
And carriage of the wings would stain the drift
Of stars against a tropic indigo
Or dull the parable of snow.

Now settling one by one
Within green hollows or where curled
Crests caught the spectrum from the sun,
A thousand wings are furled.
No clay-born lilies of the world
Could blow as free
As those wild orchids of the sea.



and, now plundered....

one carved
language

Etched
unchallenged

against a
parable

settling
curled
caught
furled

free



For one instant
silver
tarnished
wings stain the drift
of snow


one by one
within green hollows
a thousand wings are
born......lilies
as free
as wild orchids

10 comments:

  1. ....with thanks for another helpful and quirky prompt from expressivesubjects; this was a lovely reflective experience. I look forward to my next attempt.

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  2. Nice poem harlequin, it reminded me to when larvae convert to butterflies, specially if they do it all at the same time. Beautifull image.

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  3. I liked following your plunder through the original (the zig zagging) and the lovely imagery that emerged from that. Especially liked "silver
    tarnished wings stain the drift of snow" Lovely :)

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  4. You are really branching out with your prose doll. I look forward to every visit here just to see what you have created.

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  5. I like what you have taken from the original and converted. Pratt and his gulls you and language. compared and comparable.

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  6. Great, love your play and your plunder, think I prefered yours).

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  7. nice!

    i've gotta agree with selchie, i think you showed pratt up with this one...

    great newfie poet that he is...

    thanks for playing along!

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  8. Mariana-- thanks for the lovely images in return
    Derliwall--- I liked that bit as well.. it seemed to show itself right there in front of me
    Jimmy--- thanks for this sweet comment.. from such a consummate writer as yourself ;)
    WM-- thanks for the comments and for keeping Pratt and the gulls in mind; I just love the images he paints in this poem
    Selchie.. play and plunder... I had fun with this; glad you enjoyed
    Jon--this was a different experience from what I expected... you've really got me thinking! thanks for the kind words; much appreciated.

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  9. You should be very pleased with that. Many good things there. Well done.

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  10. Dave-- glad you enjoyed.... nice to see you!

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