Poem for the Day
The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy.
~Emily Dickinson
Friday, December 25, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Poetry Afternoon
At first I was reading poetry, looking for inspiration for the title of a book that my class is collaborating on. Then I was just mesmerized by the pages of beautiful ideas and I lay back and read. Here is one poem I want to share that is especially beautiful.
I started again; where everything starts:
at the body. Classes in life-drawing,
training my hand to see.
In Paris alone,
my family waiting for me to give up
so I could go back to being "happy."
Every day, failure boiled up into my throat
and stayed there.
.
Obsession is the sacrifice of light
to the richness of submergence.
But love is separation,
the membrane of the orange dividing itself,
the surface of silver
that turns glass into a mirror.
There's failure in every choice.
Art emerged from silence;
silence, from one's place in the world.
~Anne Michaels from "Modersohn - Becker"
I started again; where everything starts:
at the body. Classes in life-drawing,
training my hand to see.
In Paris alone,
my family waiting for me to give up
so I could go back to being "happy."
Every day, failure boiled up into my throat
and stayed there.
.
Obsession is the sacrifice of light
to the richness of submergence.
But love is separation,
the membrane of the orange dividing itself,
the surface of silver
that turns glass into a mirror.
There's failure in every choice.
Art emerged from silence;
silence, from one's place in the world.
~Anne Michaels from "Modersohn - Becker"
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