Dear Farah! That my poem reminded you of (and you think it is as comparably 'cool' as) Ted Hughes' classic 'Thought-fox' is high praise indeed.
As you can see, I have a very different experience of the writing process...Hope you've read Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (Santiago and the big Marlin). Anyway, thanks to you, I re-read the Thought-fox and about Ted Hughes. You might find these urls interesting: http://www.zeta.org.au/~annskea/Adelaide.htm http://www.richardwebster.net/tedhughes.html Incidentally, please use the following email address if you want to write directly to me: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Warmly Rinku --- In [email protected], "Farah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Coool poem, the hooking and tussling image is nice. Reminded me of a > poem by "Ted Hughes" called "The Thought Fox"...its also a cool poem. > > The Thought-Fox > > > I imagine this midnight moment's forest: > Something else is alive > Beside the clock's loneliness > And this blank page where my fingers move. > > Through the window I see no star: > Something more near > Though deeper within darkness > Is entering the loneliness: > > Cold, delicately as the dark snow > A fox's nose touches twig, leaf; > Two eyes serve a movement, that now > And again now, and now, and now > > Sets neat prints into the snow > Between trees, and warily a lame > Shadow lags by stump and in hollow > Of a body that is bold to come > > Across clearings, an eye, > A widening deepening greenness, > Brilliantly, concentratedly, > Coming about its own business > > Till, with a sudden sharp hot stink of fox > It enters the dark hole of the head. > The window is starless still; the clock ticks, > The page is printed. > > Ted Hughes > > > --- In [email protected], "rinmad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Fishing > > On a blank sea > > > > Waiting for a word > > To bite the blinking cursor > > > > The nibbling > > On the worms of thoughts, feelings > > > > Later, will come the hooking, the tussling > > Like Old Man Santiago > > > > And the big Marlin. Give it line enough > > To exhaust its run of meanings > > > > Then, haul it over; > > Savor the sweet yielding > > > > Tanu > > Sep 6, 05 > > Dehli ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- 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/
