Poem-trees

[kjpepper]

Every so often the following poem pops back into my life.

My love, you are a river fed by many streams.
I bless all who have shaped you,
The lovers whose delights still dance patterns on your back,
Those who have carved your channels deeper, broader, wider,
Whitewater and backwater lovers,
Swamp lovers, sun-warmed estuary lovers,
Lovers with surface tension,
Lovers like boulders,
Like ice forming and breaking,
Lovers that fill and spill with the tides.
I bless those who have taught you
  and those who have pleased you
  and those who have hurt you,
All those who made you who you are.

--Starhawk

...yeah.

Comments

[deliriums-dream.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this, it's a ... I like it.

[harinezumi.livejournal.com]

But, but, it doesn't rhyme!

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

lol, don't we have the "poetry doesn't have to rhyme" argument about once every two years or so?

[harinezumi.livejournal.com]

Каждый
должен
помочь стараться
техническому персоналу
и администрации.

Now that's poetry ^^

[harinezumi.livejournal.com]

Bah, stupid LJ messing up Mayakovski's spacing.

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

....everyone must what tech support?

My russian's shot to hell and I didn't have any vodka tonight.

[harinezumi.livejournal.com]

Each man
        should strive
                     to help the nation's
technical personnel
                   and administration

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

ah. I see what you mean about the spacing. try using <pre> tags or non breaking spaces next time.

[harinezumi.livejournal.com]

Huh, never heard of <pre> before. It's pretty much a necessity when dealing with Mayakovski ^^

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

<pre> is what you use if you want to include code in a web page, so it preserves spacing and line breaks (or lack thereof)