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Aug 18, 2004 10:45

An exerpt from "Berryman", one of my favorite poems by W. S. Merwin ( Read more... )

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loupgarouone August 18 2004, 10:17:12 UTC
Thanks for posting. I love poetry. You should read Void of Course(book) by Jim Carroll.

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pinkteaset3 August 18 2004, 10:28:52 UTC
I've looked it up.. we have The Book of Nods here at my library (also by Jim Carroll) No luck finding the other title, but I'll go & have a look at this one. Thanks for the recommendation!

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Mella

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Jim Carroll loupgarouone August 18 2004, 12:53:53 UTC
I typed a few poems of his so you can have an idea of what I am talking about. I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I did when my eyes first touched his words ( ... )

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Re: Jim Carroll pinkteaset3 August 19 2004, 08:48:32 UTC
Oooh... VERY nice.

I was thinking yesterday as I was looking at The Book Of Nods.. his mood often feels similar to the one expressed by the character in David Bowie's OUTSIDE, in the song "The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)":

I shake
And stare at the sun
Till my eyes burn
I shake
At the mothers brutal vermin
I shake
And stare at the watery moon
With the same desire
As the sober Philistine
And I shake
(Turn and turn again)
Worm, the pain and blade
Turn and turn again

The screw
Is a tightening Atrocity
I shake
For the reeking flesh
Is as romantic as hell
The need
To have seen it all
The Voyeur of Utter Destruction
As beauty
I shake
Turn and turn again
I shake
Turn and turn again
I shake [x3]

Research has pierced
All extremes of my sex
Call it a day
Call it a day
Needle point life
Blinds the will to be next
Call it a day [repeat]
Today [repeat ad. inf]

It's the lyrics, as well as the mood which the music itself overwhelmingly presents. Do you know this song?

xx
Mella

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