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Introduction to Poetry
Apr. 23rd, 2016 09:30 amI say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out, Apr. 23rd, 2016
Introduction to Poetry
Apr. 23rd, 2016 09:31 amI say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,One of the poems from Tristia by Osip Mandelstam
Take for joy from the palms of my hands
fragments of honey and sunlight,
as the bees of Persephone commanded us.
Not to be untied the moored vessel,
not to be heard shadow walking on fur,
not to be mastered terror growing in thickened life.
We have only kisses now,
furred like the smallest bees
found dead after their flight from the hive.
Bees rustling in translucency of densest night,
their home the sleepy forest of Taigetos,
their food time, lungwort, mint.
Take then, take for joy my wild gift,
a plain dry necklace of dead bees,
bees that changed honey into sunlight.
Take for joy from the palms of my hands
fragments of honey and sunlight,
as the bees of Persephone commanded us.
Not to be untied the moored vessel,
not to be heard shadow walking on fur,
not to be mastered terror growing in thickened life.
We have only kisses now,
furred like the smallest bees
found dead after their flight from the hive.
Bees rustling in translucency of densest night,
their home the sleepy forest of Taigetos,
their food time, lungwort, mint.
Take then, take for joy my wild gift,
a plain dry necklace of dead bees,
bees that changed honey into sunlight.
Happy Death Day
Apr. 23rd, 2016 07:36 pmIt's Shakespeare's Death Day. Here are some comics on the subject.
WGA winners are up
Apr. 23rd, 2016 07:42 pmThe Willowy Goodness Awards are in. Congrats to all the fabulous authors and many thanks to DragonyDreams for all her hard work!
