From: Edlerfrank1-AT-aol.com
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 09:54:58 -0400
Subject: Re: A little Stafford for the porn thread



Thanks, Henry! I wasn't familiar with that poem or the volume.
I admire Stafford's poetry and find it both deeply socratic and unsocratic -- like Heidegger's thought.

I'm recuperating from the end of the quarter madness of grading and finding my way back to my soul.

Frank


In a message dated 6/1/2004 6:59:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, healanthenry writes:

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> 
> Hey Frank, thanks for the honor that
> always comes with a william stafford poem.
> 
> that pome is the last in his collection:
> "the darkness around us is deep" (as you may know)
> 
> here's the one on the facing page,
> 
> "The Well Rising"
> 
> The well rising without sound
> the spring on a hillside,
> the plowshare brimming through deep ground
> everywhere in the field—
> 
> The sharp swllows in their swerve
> flaring and hesitating
> hunting for the final curve
> coming closer and closer—
> 
> The swallow heart from wingbeat to wingbeat
> counseling decision, decision:
> thunderous examples. I place my feet
> with care in such a world.
> 
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> Edlerfrank1-AT-aol.com wrote on 5/31/04, 4:59 PM:
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> >
> > This poem by William Stafford speaks to the "more porn" thread -- and
> > it's curiously heideggerian, especially in relation to Rene's concerns.
> > The title is ""A Ritual to Read to Each Other" and can be found at
> > http://oregonstate.edu/~creliar/poetry/ritual.html
> >
> > Frank
> >
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