BlueIris
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Mon Dec-14-09 11:50 AM
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The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 12/14/09 |
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"The Necessity"
It isn't true about the lambs. They are not meek. They are curious and wild, full of the passion of spring. They are lovable, and they are not silent when hungry.
Tonight the last of the triplet lambs is piercing the quiet with its need. Its siblings are stronger and will not let it eat.
I am its keeper, the farmer, its mother I will go down in the dark, in the cold barn, and hold it in my arms.
But it will not hold still--it is not meek.
I will stand in the open doorway under the weight of watching trees and moon, and care for it as one of my own.
But it will not love me--it is not meek.
Drink, little one. Take what I can give you. Tonight the whole world prowls the perimeters of your life.
Your anger keeps you alive-- it's your only chance. So I know what I must do after I have fed you.
I will shape my mouth to the shape of the sharpest words-- even those bred in silence.
I will impale with words every ear pressed upon open air. I will not be meek.
You remind me of the necessity of having more hope than fear, and of sounding out terrible names.
I am to cry out loud like a hungry lamb, cry loud enough to waken wolves in the night.
No one can be allowed to sleep.
--Alice B. Fogel
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ThomCat
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Mon Dec-14-09 12:16 PM
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1. I like the way this breaks the stereotype of meekness. |
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I like the way this shatters the image of the lamb as always being quiet and shy.
Bring some personality and some life to the lamb. :)
This is vivid. I really like this.
I have missed these threads.
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BlueIris
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Mon Dec-14-09 12:39 PM
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3. I've missed posting my threads, but my life has been all weird and crazy-like for months now. |
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It's still hard for me to find time to post "good" poems.
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Mon Dec-14-09 12:35 PM
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Ah, this is great!
So vivid, so different from what we normally expect about lambs.
Thank you for it!
It is brilliant...
:D
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BlueIris
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Mon Dec-14-09 12:40 PM
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4. I like what it says about the "farmers" more, really. |
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And the lessons we can, and should learn, from our meek friends.
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Mon Dec-14-09 06:23 PM
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5. What a wonderful poem! Thank you, Blue Iris. |
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