mental invalid Posted June 15, 2001 Share Posted June 15, 2001 Constantly Risking Absurdity by lawrence ferlinghetti Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making and balancing on eyebeams above a sea of faces paces his way to the other side of the day performing entrachats and sleight-of-foot tricks and other high theatrics and all without mistaking any thing for what it may not be For he's the super realist who must perforce perceive taut truth before the taking of each stance or step in his supposed advance toward that still higher perch where Beauty stands and waits with gravity to start her death-defying leap And he a little charleychaplin man who may or may not catch her fair eternal form spreadeagled in the empty air of existence ...i think it goes for any artist... ferlinghetti is simply a bodhi and a great poet...no grammer either!...just a little poetry to enjoy on a fri. morning...rOe ...edit for missed-spellin... [This message has been edited by mental invalid (edited 06-15-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy!wonka Posted June 15, 2001 Share Posted June 15, 2001 why did you not throw this up on the poets thread?oh well...nice i feel it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mental invalid Posted June 15, 2001 Author Share Posted June 15, 2001 ...sorry i spaced...but i dug the poem you dropped...rOe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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