There is no death. the stars go down to rise upon some other shore. And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown, they shine for ever more.
John Mccreery
ASHES
Vasco Popa
Some are nights the others ashes
Each night sets fire to its own star
And dances a black dance around it
Until the star burns out
Then the nights divide themselves
Some become stars
Other remain nights
Again each night sets fire to its own star
And dances a black dance around it
Until the star burns out
The last night both star and night
It sets fire to itself
And dances the black dance around itself
Crow's First Lesson
Ted Hughes
God tried to teach Crow how to talk.
"Love" said God. "Say, Love"
Crow gaped, and the white shark crashed into the sea
And went rolling downwards, discovering its own depth.
"No,no," said God, "Say Love.Now try it. LOVE."
Crow gaped, and a bluefly, a tsetse, a mosquito
Zoomed out and down
To their sundry flesh-pots.
"A final try," said God. "Now,LOVE."
Crow convulsed, gaped, retched and
Man's bodiless prodigious head
Bulbed out onto the earth, with swivelling eyes,
Jabbering protest --
And Crow retched again, before God could stop him.
And woman's vulva dropped over man's neck and tightened.
The two struggled together on the grass.
God struggled to part them, cursed, wept --
Crow flew guiltily off. |
