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Munch's Dream of Snow White

i.

Coffee kisses in the morning,
goodbyes at the front door
you on your way humming the
working-man's song
me herding the see-no-evil
monkey off my back
into poem.

ii.

We are political animals
being led to the slaughter
listening to what will never be heard
outside the twilight zone of conclusions,
blind faith
just can't see, too deaf
and dumb to walk
through another door
marked "Reality".

iii.

Medicated Man.
Sick unto death.
Escapists of a common futility.
Hemlock or mushrooms. Food for the soul.

iv.

There is only
that which summons us to wake up
inside the arc before we close our eyes
in a primal shout.

v.

I'd rather fly a kite than bite into your apple:
perfectly round and highly polished to an ornamental red
that whispers "eat me",

poisoned from the inside.

Silent snow already falling into my bruised heart
with a second reckoning.

vi.

Later, we'll tell each other stories of how our day
went. What, if anything, we learned
after the rain.

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This tale is a drama all right;
one that will take the reading of
many times before the whole interior
of that apple is revealed,
its red bleeding edges
blooming the white pith,
its bruised brown stains
and the lesson's therein.

luvAnn

"The image of yourself which you see in a mirror Is dead,
but the reflection of the moon on water, lives." Kenzan.

"Once Upon a Time" is my favorite show right now, so Snow White is on my mind. However, this presents far more than an interesting faerie connection. This is very successful political poetry. One could start a revolution with this.
wesley

W. H. Snow

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds. Percy Bysshe Shelley

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I love Edvard Munch's poetry. This is a really nice 'ode' to his style. I think he'd approve of this:)! I wonder how he would have illustrated this poem.

Simply brilliant; I'm in awe.

Thank you Ann and Wesley.

"One could start a revolution with this." I will forever be grateful and will always remember and cherish these words.

~A

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Things are rowdy enough here as it is. wesley

W. H. Snow

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds. Percy Bysshe Shelley

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But.......does it rain?

;-)

p.s. Love your picture.....it's so...........you.

Dear Michelle, I hadn't noticed your comment because I replied to & sent an earlier response...having forgotten to do so with the 20 odd windows I have open any given time. Thank you. I'm watching this
now...am totally ignorant to the fact that Munch wrote poetry. But should I be surprised? Of course not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr86AGJhskI

It's amazing how much information we can garner via poetry conversations and the blessings of the internet.

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