Attempt at Meaning on the Western Marches
an empty ossuary
a raw mouth
but hot
with the copper
lick of dried
angel’s blood
.
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- James Owens
- Ein Klage-Himmel, "a lament-heaven," from Rilke's "Orpheus. Eurydike. Hermes." Poetry's post-rupture, post-lapsus, post-death-of-Eurydice dream of recreating that primal world -- Eden, childhood, Orpheus's singing -- where word and thing were one.
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2 comments:
Very compressed, and all the more strong for it. I really like the way stanzas 2 and 3 leap yet connect. This is a marvelous piece, James.
Thank you, Sam. I'm not sure that this isn't a bit too compressed, actually. A couple of days later, and I'm getting the feeling that this little thing is really one piece of a larger poem....
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