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Living Alive
If you are born here
or
if you come here from some distant
place,
like an island,
or
if you see the city rising over fields
and
forests from a home not far away
then
you know rich or poor
you
know that the heart of the city
was
set to beating when the first
ax
rang out against the first tree
to
be felled: this has never ceased
for
the city is alive in a far greater
way
than just its smoke, light, stone,
people.
or
if you come here from some distant
place,
like an island,
or
if you see the city rising over fields
and
forests from a home not far away
then
you know rich or poor
you
know that the heart of the city
was
set to beating when the first
ax
rang out against the first tree
to
be felled: this has never ceased
for
the city is alive in a far greater
way
than just its smoke, light, stone,
people.
Published 3rd Nov 2013
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4th Nov 2013 7:33am
the depth in your observations & the theme you revolve around in your poems always attract me marcella.. liked the crafted ying-yang like contrary forces you had spun immediate in lines as I see in throbbing city & felling axe
the verses
" this has never cease
for
the city is alive in a far greater
way"
sounds in two different ways to me, the positivity & the fearful otherwise, just me here though!
quite nice pen here again, thanxx fr this:) Uma.
the verses
" this has never cease
for
the city is alive in a far greater
way"
sounds in two different ways to me, the positivity & the fearful otherwise, just me here though!
quite nice pen here again, thanxx fr this:) Uma.
6th Nov 2013 7:25pm
Thank you, Uma, your perceptions and comments are ALWAYS grand. The poet, myself at least, does not SEE the way you do. I'm glad of your "Seeing," which is a great more than mere perception.
marcella1
marcella1
5th Nov 2013 00:20am
We begin our
civilisation by
destroying
other living
things...
and sustain
it in the
same way,
darkly...
civilisation by
destroying
other living
things...
and sustain
it in the
same way,
darkly...
6th Nov 2013 7:27pm
