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on Edge by Sylvia Plath, on June 14, 2005
Shelly I totally agree, Sylvia was a wonderful writer.
I love some of the images she uses, especially that last trophe.

"She is used to this sort of thing.
Her blacks crackle and drag."

Red
on Nomenclature by Alan Dugan, on September 8, 2003
Well this is delightfully abstract. I love the succinct form. I believe less is more. You did a wonderful haunting job with this write.

Red
on Sonnet XVII: I do not love you as if you were brine-rose, topaz by Pablo Neruda, on August 8, 2003
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

Oh I like the metaphors you have chosen for this poem. Beautifully expressed.

Red
What else can we say but exquisite.

Red