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Tue Feb-12-08 09:14 AM
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The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Tue 2/12/2008) |
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If I die solvent
If I die solvent — die, that is to say, In full possession of my critical mind, Not having cast, to keep the wolves at bay In this dark wood — till all be flung behind — Wit, courage, honor, pride, oblivion Of the red eyeball and the yellow tooth; Nor sweat nor howl nor break into a run When loping Death's upon me in hot sooth; 'Twill be that in my honoured hands I bear What's under no condition to be spilled Till my blood spills and hardens in the air: An earthen grail, a humble vessel filled To its low brim with water from that brink Where Shakespeare, Keats, Chaucer learned to drink.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Tue Feb-12-08 09:23 AM
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1. Edna St. Vincent Millay is awesome! |
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Tue Feb-12-08 06:54 PM
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Tue Feb-12-08 10:04 AM
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2. in full possession of my critical mind. |
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too late! -- i love this poem.
what a beauty.
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Tue Feb-12-08 06:55 PM
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At least I have my body...
:D
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Tue Feb-12-08 11:32 AM
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Oh, this is nice!
I had to read it a couple of times just to parse it...
Complex, and quite beautiful...
But simple at its core...
Thank you...
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Tue Feb-12-08 06:56 PM
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6. Yes, I love a good Sonnet... |
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