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resting on roadsides
Posted: April 12th, 2006, 3:55 pm
by panta rhei
between one step
and the other
there is time
to ponder
between one breath
and the next
there is space to be
the journey is a time to wonder
tents and mountains
provide rest and
make me see
jotunheimen mountains, norway, june 1988
mountaintop in the desert near luxor, egypt, january 1990
Posted: April 12th, 2006, 4:00 pm
by Doreen Peri
you, the outdoors woman,
tackle topography,
reflect on nature's gift.
in your face, i see a thousand
lifetimes, young as the breath
of a newborn lioness, old
as the andes.
Posted: April 12th, 2006, 4:08 pm
by panta rhei
if i was a sphinx
i'd riddle myself
with a thousand lifetimes
i'd have the road between my paws
and all time in my glance
i'd lie still and sublime
on movement and awe
while i rested
in the sands
Posted: April 12th, 2006, 4:18 pm
by Doreen Peri
snakes can be hidden in
a basket of figs.
the egyptian queen
tames an asp in search
of wisdom.
he hisses ...
"shhhhhhhh,
i cannot tell.
shhhhhhhh."
two pricks were found
on cleopatra's arm.
she was hungry for knowledge.
he was starved for blood.
her love for egypt killed her.
Posted: April 12th, 2006, 4:24 pm
by panta rhei
in the sift of sand
grain after grain ticks on dust
in hollows of time
dunes are whirled free
by hunger
Posted: April 13th, 2006, 3:18 pm
by stilltrucking
Max Pollak: Oedipus and the Sphinx
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http://www.dirty-paper.com/artheap/angie/page/15.html
Oedipus wrecks on the road to Thebes
But he lost a blue suede shoe
He makes it into town just in time for The Wheel Fortune,
poor boy.
He buys a two vowels and answers the question
And he wins the throne and the crone
Vice is nice but incest is best
A boy’s best friend is his mother cause
Mama don’t lie
He plucks his eyes to see what he has done
And his daughter makes a grave for him at Coloneus
All is well that ends well
"When I asked, What walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, you answered, Man. You didn't say anything about woman."
"When you say Man," said Oedipus, "you include women too. Everyone knows that." She said, "That's what you think."
-Muriel Rukeyser [1973]
http://www.stevens-tech.edu/phisigsig/c ... llery.html
The Hunger
Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood