Snow WatchOriginally Posted by Hes
A BBC programme that shows lots of snowy wildlife scenes, but really most people are watching as the presenters are a rather hansome man and a gorgeous lass.
Or is that just me?
Snow Watch
A BBC programme that shows lots of snowy wildlife scenes, but really most people are watching as the presenters are a rather hansome man and a gorgeous lass.
Or is that just me?
It is a very powerful poem HHH.
I like it. I've stopped skimming poems so much now and am reading them more thoroughly, which is good as there is so much more to find than just the initial flavour of a poem.
I'm amazed too that the whole book is published online. But that's just Google on their way to global domination!
Evening!...i can't open some of the poems the Door one is good but i can't open it...here is one of her poems that I really like...been posted b4...I like it. I've stopped skimming poems so much now and am reading them more thoroughly, which is good as there is so much more to find than just the initial flavour of a poem.
I'm amazed too that the whole book is published online. But that's just Google on their way to global domination!
oh and great choices tonight...lovely
More and more
More and more frequently the edges
of me dissolve and I become
a wish to assimilate the world, including
you, if possible through the skin
like a cool plant's tricks with oxygen
and live by a harmless green burning.
I would not consume
you or ever
finish, you would still be there
surrounding me, complete
as the air.
Unfortunately I don't have leaves.
Instead I have eyes
and teeth and other non-green
things which rule out osmosis.
So be careful, I mean it,
I give you fair warning:
This kind of hunger draws
everything into its own
space; nor can we
talk it all over, have a calm
rational discussion.
There is no reason for this, only
a starved dog's logic about bones.
Last edited by freckle; 14-01-2010 at 11:39 PM.
It is hard sometimes with this thread because there is a temptation to skim read a poem in an attempt to post a response but I've been taking more time to read them too. I've just discovered nearly all of Rilke's poems on PoemHunter...feel a bit sorry for poets when their life's work is published online. It is one of the reasons that I buy so many poetry books and you can't beat reading poems in bed or on a train etcI like it. I've stopped skimming poems so much now and am reading them more thoroughly, which is good as there is so much more to find than just the initial flavour of a poem.
I'm amazed too that the whole book is published online. But that's just Google on their way to global domination!
That's a brilliant choice Freckle. She's blooming good isn't she? Its nice to see you tonight.
I've felt the same. I've had a quick read of a posted poem then things have shot on and I've never been back to it. You can't beat the feel of a book to enhance the experience of reading a good poem. Its just not the same on a screen. Plus I like tearing and sticking my post-it note strips to ones I want to go back to.
Was that a subtle joke? Can't open the door.
Anyhow, good to see you Freckle this evening. Kiddies quietly off to bed I hope.
I love this bit. So very rational amongst a great poetic angst.
I like that! I keep picking up poetry books and finding pressed leaves or bus tickets marking my favourites...I love the feeling of being taken straight back to a precise moment in time and the feelings that you felt when you last read the poem.
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