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Dunstan Attard
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stealth of age
« Thread Started on Apr 10, 2008, 4:48am »

unloving woe,
count the lovers
riding on the spring

holding heavens
in their groaning mouths

writing words
in mobile phones
that cherish reaper earth.

the night is dark
among the yellow harbour lights.

beyond the constance
of a still breakwater,
the sea pretends
to sleep

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Re: stealth of age
« Reply #1 on Apr 10, 2008, 7:01pm »

I like this a lot dunstan, unsure whether 'constance' was unintentionally derived from 'constant' othough, but this is an excellent read, particulary the opening strophe and the possible play in the title.

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Re: stealth of age
« Reply #2 on Apr 11, 2008, 2:29am »

Many thanks for discussing the use of the word constance in the given context. the council of constance dealth with a schism in the catholic church. The particular breakwater i see in this poem does actually point to the location and it represents (my common theme

) a philosophy that refuses to accept age as a natural and mature process in life with the result that we spend half a life ignoring it and half a life fighting it. constance here i use as a verb to transend the event into a philosophy

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Re: stealth of age
« Reply #3 on Apr 11, 2008, 6:03pm »

this was my first guess dunstan, along the lines of the great schism, probably the lack of the proper case in it's useage made me second guess the intent of the write, regardless, fair license and very nice work ... up to the gallery she goes

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