May I post a rejoinder? Please Please Pleeeeeaaaase ? Thanks !...here goes...
Seek not in these brick walls, on the slithery cobblestones, amongst jostling souls, for it. Look not askance, squinting, searching, pink neon bright though they are, they shed no light. Hope not on probability, trust not averages, you wont stumble on your fate, by mere comradeship with a million fates. Shut out the city, go back, back home! cozy up with yourself in, first your favorite cushions, next, your mind, last your heart, and you'll need no more, a city to be whatever. [ Disclaimer : Pretentious me. But just read the awesome original forward by shivam . "Escapist" attempts came back haunting. But twas also a shade "give up-ist" , as there wasn't room for redemption. knew immediately i had to say something to it. said it. did not think twice, and you are forgiven if you label me the "conceited [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]" for posting a rejoinder to a clearly established poet - he or she is on wickipedia for godsake ! ] --- Shivam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The City > > You said, "I will go to another land, I will go to another sea. > Another city will be found, better than this. > Every effort of mine is condemned by fate; > and my heart is -- like a corpse -- buried. > How long in this wasteland will my mind remain. > Wherever I turn my eyes, wherever I may look > I see the black ruins of my life here, > where I spent so many years, and ruined and wasted." > > New lands you will not find, you will not find other seas. > The city will follow you. You will roam the same > streets. And you will age in the same neighborhoods; > in these same houses you will grow gray. > Always you will arrive in this city. To another land -- do not hope -- > there is no ship for you, there is no road. > As you have ruined your life here > in this little corner, you have destroyed it in the whole world. > > - Constantine P. Cavafy > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_P._Cavafy > > > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to [email protected] OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
