Horizontal

The staccato

Beat

Of the strobe

Of the light

Through the trunks

Of the trees

On the slope

As I drive

The winding road

The blinding flash

Of white

When I come

To a stop

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1. Monacu Jan 14 2008 / 4pm

   In “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” (1838), his only complete novel, Edgar Allen Poe described life as a passage through dark, all-obscuring trees and culminating in a blinding white light.

   Perhaps unrelated, but I’ll throw it in anyhow, is that the color white, in its purest expression, symbolizes the end of life’s journey in Chinese iconography.
2. poetry Jan 15 2008 / 7am

   Oh my, such serious company, I’m honored. But that’s a little heavy, I was thinking more in terms of light.
3. Monacu Jan 15 2008 / 4pm

   Travel through a winding forest, to a destination of blinding light? Hard to avoid a metaphysical resonance there, cara poeta. Longstanding metaphorical tradition. See also Robert Frost:

   “…these woods are lovely, dark and deep,
   but I have promises to keep
   and miles to go before I sleep.”
4. poetry Jan 15 2008 / 9pm

   Thanks for these beautiful references next to my simple words.
5. Deety Jan 16 2008 / 5pm

   Travel through a winding forest, to a destination of blinding delight.
   meta physical Metà Hope.
6. Monacu Jan 16 2008 / 10pm

   Deety, you need a cold shower. Or a cigarette. Maybe both.
7. Maria Santi Mar 10 2008 / 12am

   ENGLISH!!!!!!!!! BARGA IS IN ITALY

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