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Marlene47

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  • on A Winter Noon by Umberto Saba, on July 20
    A deep, gentle sadness in this... speaks of all that we lose in life - innocence and assured joy. A lost balloon does seem to rip something, more than tears, out of a child when his balloon escapes. Reminiscing about his native sky -"That sky," the roofs holding a special enchantment for him as the balloon floats everything divine. The balloon, a globe - and all that it represents, escapes and the boy's immense grief speaks for the poet.

  • on The Sloth by Theodore Roethke, on July 4

    amen for moving-slow

    I like this guy going at his own speed, taking his time - might be exasperating for some, but you got to admire someone who knows he knows.

  • on The Starry Night by Anne Sexton, on May 28
    Knocks you down with the stated realization of "Oh starry night! This is how/I want to die," sucked into the night, to be part of all that magnificence... the knowing and the comfort of it.