Dovina25 Dec 2004
The use of logic does not forbid the use of emotion or romantics. I never said it does. Romanticism and logic fit nicely together in many poems. But many other poems lack logic in their romanticism, and they too can be good poems. My I cite a favorite of mine by our departed Shuushin:
Holding On by Shuushin
She would act too eager to please,
prone to furtive backward glances
as we were never quite at ease.
Secretive on past romances;
something unsettled in her past,
prone to furtive backward glances.
I asked her once what spell was cast,
lost deep in thought she closed wet eyes;
something unsettled in her past.
âI hopeâ said she âyou realize
how difficult this is for meâ -
lost deep in thought she closed wet eyes.
She clasped her hands as if in plea
then simply looked away again -
how difficult this is for me.
And so, up to the very end
she would act too eager to please;
her heart had never time to mend
as we were never quite at ease.