[lit-ideas] Re: The Cosmic Blues?

  • From: JulieReneB@xxxxxxx
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 03:42:13 EDT

Okay, if this ain't the Cosmic Blues nothing is.
Poem: "Having Come This Far," by James Broughton, from Packing up for 
Paradise. © Black Sparrow Press. Reprinted with permission. (buy now)

Having Come This Far

I've been through what my through was to be
I did what I could and couldn't
I was never sure how I would get there

I nourished an ardor for thresholds
for stepping stones and for ladders
I discovered detour and ditch

I swam in the high tides of greed
I built sandcastles to house my dreams
I survived the sunburns of love

No longer do I hunt for targets
I've climbed all the summits I need to
and I've eaten my share of lotus

Now I give praise and thanks
for what could not be avoided
and for every foolhardy choice

I cherish my wounds and their cures
and the sweet enervations of bliss
My book is an open life

I wave goodbye to the absolutes
and send my regards to infinity
I'd rather be blithe than correct

Until something transcendent turns up
I plash in my poetry puddle
and try to keep God amused



========Original Message========
Subj:[lit-ideas] Re: The Cosmic Blues?
Date:6/22/2004 12:45:11 AM Central Daylight Time
From:bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Re:

> I do thank those who would post these helpful suggestions.  Those who=20=

> have time will certainly try again another time.


Well I suppose when one is so pressed for time it makes little sense to=20=

actually try to find and read something before commenting on it at=20
length.  And those two sentences were way down near the bottom of the=20
page!  Much better to just insist that they aren't there to be found - =20=

and then get on with the more pleasant pastime of listening to the=20
sound of one's own voice =85.

Chris Bruce
Kiel, Germany=

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