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Daily Archives: August 10, 2003
Rilke
Where did you find the most inspiration, as each line cut like a diamond-edged drill through layers of effluvia that still the seeking heart? Was it your frustration with a cold and unfeeling world, that sought to silence any expression … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, daily poems, loss, Rainer Maria Rilke, sonnet, worship
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The Confession of Revenge: rime royal or Chaucerian stanza
There is no good in a war of revenge, which at best requires its combatants cold while for its public approval depends upon hot blood if it is to be sold (and hue and cry, if the plain truth be … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaucerian stanza, confessions, daily poems, revenge, rime royal, war
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