Sunday, July 11, 2010
"On silence day" (ghazal)
If it's not my fate to accomplish my aim at least I've tried
so the dice were loaded at start of the game? at least I've tried
is the cosmos one big fiasco? this pantomime spells what?
if I can't discern what's behind form & name at least I've tried
every stone is a token of something each leaf inkles life
if such vivid efforts prove futile & vain at least I've tried
on silence day all the monkey business goes on like normal
if from monkey-chatter I'll rarely refrain at least I've tried
Raphael you're over fifty? go browse the scrawl on the wall
"if I've failed to kindle an undying flame at least I've tried"
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on silence day (Wikipedia)
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2 comments:
I think you have also achieved, David.
I've achieve the poem that notes I haven't achieved / I've believed the poem that wails I haven't believed / the envelope is empty! where is the toy at the box's bottom? / I've received the poem lamenting I haven't received :-) [but, this a sort of joke-reply]
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