[New-Poetry] Siv

[R Dillon]

I just woke and after detours
made my way to this poem.
 
Looks like that's what she
playing Penelope's muses there at the end
did.
 
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"Seeve" lifted off too early.
I admire the fact that she was a LEGAL immigrant
who became a great American.
I hope she left a large estate for her people;
given the success of her life work,
it would seem to be the case.
 
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This report reminds me to reread Swedenborg.
 
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RD> Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:18:43 +0100> From: "Anny Ballardini" <anny.ballardini at tin.it>> > what a beautiful poem:> > Hands > by Siv Cedering > > > I> > > > When I fall asleep > my hands leave me.> > They pick up pens > and draw creatures > with five feathers > on each wing.> > The creatures multiply.> They say: "We are large > like your father's > hands."> > They say: "We have > your mother's > knuckles."> > I speak to them:> "If you are hands, > why don't you > touch?"> > And the wings beat > the air, clapping. > They fly> > high above elbows > and wrists. > They open windows > and leave> > rooms.> They perch in treetops > and hide under bushes > biting> > their nails. "Hands," > I call them. > But it is fall> > and all creatures > with wings > prepare to fly > South.> > > > II> > > > When I sleep > the shadows of my hands > come to me.> > They are softer than feathers > and warm as creatures > who have been close > to the sun.> > They say: "We are the giver," > and tell of oranges > growing on trees.> > They say: "We are the vessel," > and tell of journeys > through water.> > They say: "We are the cup."> > And I stir in my sleep. > Hands pull triggers > and cut > trees. But> > the shadows of my hands > tuck their heads > under wings > waiting> for morning,> > when I will wake> braiding> > three strands of hair> into one. 
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