Just reminded of Coleridge's famous lines from 'Dejection: An Ode':
"O Lady! we receive but what we give,
And in our life alone does Nature live:
Ours is her wedding-garment, ours her shroud!"
CR
--- On Thu, 9/23/10, Chokh Raj <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Yes. And the images from nature carry a sad association, and evoke a sad memory.
CR
--- On Thu, 9/23/10, Peter Montgomery <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
And Lincoln in a coffin.
P.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chokh Raj
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Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: OT - sharing a reading of 'Jasmine', a poem by John Eppel
Indeed! "Lilac and star and bird" -- "the fragrant pines, and the cedars dusk and dim".
Thank you, Peter.
CR
--- On Thu, 9/23/10, Peter Montgomery <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
"When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed."
P.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chokh Raj
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Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:12 AM
Subject: OT - sharing a reading of 'Jasmine', a poem by John Eppel
"now that the jasmine is blooming / and the air is stilled by woodsmoke"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/jul/12/jasmine-john-eppel-poetry
poetry has many voices, indeed
CR
