(a portion of “The Sea and the Mirror”)
Sing, Ariel, sing,
Sweetly, dangerously,
Out of the sour
And shiftless water,
Lucidly out
Of the dozing tree,
Entrancing, rebuking
The raging heart
With a smoother song
Than this rough world,
Unfeeling God.
O brilliantly, lightly,
Of separation,
Of bodies and death,
Unanxious one, sing …
“Woman by the Surf,” Anne Brigman
Yes, I know I ran this poem here on the blog not too long ago. I’m running it again — call it an encore.
If you don’t like it, go read Cracked.com. Actually … you SHOULD be reading Cracked.com, because that site is hilarious. If you’re a flick nerd, as I am, check out the “Television & Movies” tab.
Anyway, here is the above mentioned section of “W. H. Auden’s “The Sea and the Mirror.”
Invocation To Ariel
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 