The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 4/28/08

[BlueIris]

For K: Continued best of luck with everything.

"Cougar"

In this narrow passage I must appear as large
As possible, arms uplifted into what might

Be thought of as God and the idea of how
To get past even this without being killed,

Taken away, for somewhere in the act of want
Is being wanted, and we move

Over the frozen ground in the presumption
One of us will suffer and only one of us will be

Exact enough, which is why I came alone,
Following a creek back up its last place

To see how far I could go, with the raven
Who will not end his circle, the wind as it

Turns through a gnarl of bristlecone. We were
Never meant to be this close and to survive.

—Sophie Cabot Black

[BlueIris]

1. Come on. So great. nt

[Westegg]

2. Life and death struggle. Me and my wife...

...Primordial. Nice.

[BlueIris]

7. Uh-oh.

I'm kinda alarmed that this made you think of your wife. Then again, this makes me think of a well-known public servant or two...

[Westegg]

8. Be not alarmed. As wild beasts, we know instinctively...

...that A)our hides are tough, and B)it's survival of the fittest. Always has been, always will be.

Plus? We have a couples therapist. $200 an hour. She comes in handy when we start talking about eating our young.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear BlueIris...

Ah, wonderful!

Another bold one, like Retro's today too...

A poem with something meaningful to say, and knowing how ...

Today I don't feel as though I have anything meaningful to say, and even if I did, I wouldn't have the courage ...

Thank you for this beautiful poem!

:hi:

[BlueIris]

6. Oh, hon...I'm sure your comments would be brilliant.

But Sophie Cabot Black is hard, so I feel your reticence. She's one of the hardest poets I've ever read, actually.

[BarenakedLady]

4. I like it.

:thumbsup:

[BlueIris]

5. Thanks!

I found Sophie Cabot Black last year, and think she's great.

[RetroLounge]

9. Oh...

We were
Never meant to be this close and to survive.


...and we didn't.

:cry:

RL

[BlueIris]

10. Yep. nt