Sunday, November 1, 2009

The insidious sound of the violin



A divinely charmed

.........................snake

.......................................Sent to coil

......................................................around heart

.......................................................................and soul

..................................................................................And leave

................................................................twin wounds

......................................................dripping

..............................................................F
....................................................................r
.......................................................................e
.....................................................................e

...........................................love and longing

.................................rivulets

.......................That join
  
..............................................the mighty

.......................................................................white river

..........................................................................................................vs
..................n .....................................................................................e
..........................i .......................................................................h
...................................t ....................................................c
............................................s ................................r
.................................................................a



........................................................between stars

6 comments:

Kubla Khan said...

Hello

I am here thanks Roxana, who posted a poem thanks it seems yourself. it is the "Dangerous prayer" post, the one by Regina Sara.

i was struck by the music primarily, by the speed. one must know how to read poems, this one in particular, seemed like Nietzsche on speed?

you have a fine blog here and thanks anyway!

cheers

Manuela said...

Welcome, Kubla Khan. I am glad you came to visit, and that you like the blog - it's not a very active one, but it's very close to my heart.

I myself got that poem from a different blogger, here http://elainejarvis.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-am-thinking-this-evening-that-i-need.html

this is how treasures move around the net, or at least the blog world.

i'm not sure myself if there's one right way to read this poem. initially i had it with Mendelssohn, and it was a very different story then.

i am glad both music and poetry are flexible like that, continue to unfold, like a perpetual flowering.

vv said...

how beautiful and achingly parallel are these...

m said...

dear vv, how glad i am for your visits and comments... this music, i find it hard to stand for its longing and beauty, and yet i don't want it to stop

Roxana said...

i have read your poem so often by now that i can almost say it by heart :-)

it's especially the first half that doesn't want to leave me:

A divinely charmed

.........................snake

.......................................Sent to coil

......................................................around heart

.......................................................................and soul

..................................................................................And leave

................................................................twin wounds

......................................................dripping


how lovely this looks, are you thinking of new experiments with form?

manuela said...

dear roxana! you are always so encouraging!

i didn't start with the idea of experimenting with form, only the 'traditional' form just didn't fit and i had to fiddle and fiddle until it felt better. it's harder to do on blogger, sadly, as i'm sure you know, formatting is a pain and it never looks the same in the final page as in the edit window...

but yes, i love playing with the poem form and bring in also the visual - now as i'm writing this i'm thinking, i can write something on paper and scan and then post it :) see, inspiration... thanks! :)