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Dichotomy
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"… nothing resists the cliff of the flight
over the eye of the straying fish.
The sea crows swim
in the ocean temple…"

- Translation of excerpt from “Dicotomia”, © 2006 by Portuguese fellow poet José Félix, which inspired this short poem I now share (also translated from my original in Portuguese) with you.

(art by Cruzeiro Seixas)


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Dichotomy


 


It is salty
- the dream straying
to the lips.
Like a prayer
unhurried
indented in the wind
and ascended, cresting, from
the ocean temple.
In the cadence
- flavour – of the waves
that the sea crows swim
- because they know -
and that the vultures
- because they can’t -
eat rotten
and chimerically sweet
in silly, dizzy morsels
washed ashore.
Far.
Infinitely far from the cliff.


 


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Reviewed by Joseph* OneLight*® (Reader)
Reviewed on January 25, 2007
Dear Xuxa,

I think I can relate to the sea crows and the vultures and I don't mind straying "far from the cliff" to have just a taste of those "silly, dizzy morsels" that are found on the shore.

Amo te muito,
Joseph

Reviewed on January 22, 2007
Complex, yet moving in its simplicity........one to read again and again, (((Alexandra))). Well done!!

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on January 21, 2007
meticulous construct, imagery and direction ...

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on January 21, 2007
Sharp agonizing images with stunning comparisons that flitter in the very edges of my understanding, This one will require re reading and contemplation.

Fee

Reviewed by Victor Buhagiar (Reader)
Reviewed on January 21, 2007
Great scenery. A professionaly rendition of an extract from another poem. Victor

Reviewed by Leland Waldrip
Reviewed on January 21, 2007
Your surreal visions always move me with their vivid imagery.
Love and {{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}} on a snowy afternoon.
Leland


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