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eldritchhobbitOnce I saw upon an object-glass,
Martyred beneath a microscope,
One elaborate snow-flake slowly pass,
Dying hard, beyond the reach of hope.
Still from shape to shape the crystal changed,
Writhing in its agony; and still,
Less and less elaborate, arranged
Potently the angle of its will.
Tortured to a simple final form,
Angles six and six divergent beams,
Lo, in death it touched the perfect norm,
Verifying all its crystal dreams.
- John Davidson, Snow
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Martyred beneath a microscope,
One elaborate snow-flake slowly pass,
Dying hard, beyond the reach of hope.
Still from shape to shape the crystal changed,
Writhing in its agony; and still,
Less and less elaborate, arranged
Potently the angle of its will.
Tortured to a simple final form,
Angles six and six divergent beams,
Lo, in death it touched the perfect norm,
Verifying all its crystal dreams.
- John Davidson, Snow
Source.
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Date: 2016-10-28 11:37 am (UTC)just an analogy for all of the *flakes* out there, innit? What an echoing irony that the closest pass to 'perfection' is that last, stretched-with-fingers-clutching-at-eternity one of 'life'.
In this short three verses lies a whole landscape of 'what is life' (oh, noooooo not THAT song) and 'what is death'
And the picture is perfection!
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Date: 2016-10-29 02:26 pm (UTC)I'm so glad you liked both the poem and the picture.
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Date: 2016-10-28 11:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-10-29 02:26 pm (UTC)Re: Halloween Countdown Day 28: Snow, by John Davidson
Date: 2016-10-28 02:30 pm (UTC)Caspar David Freidrich is one of my fave artists; I was introduced to him in a history of art course in college. :) Pity that some of his work was lost in WWII!
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Date: 2016-10-29 02:27 pm (UTC)Caspar David Freidrich is one of my fave artists; I was introduced to him in a history of art course in college. :)
Oh, wonderful! I love his sense of scale. He puts me in my place and creates such awe, you know?
Pity that some of his work was lost in WWII!
Yes, indeed. A terrible loss.
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