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The Dark Poet

by Dovina

Member since 2004 · Posted 26 Aug 2007 · 13 comments

Haunted by the road not taken, compassioned for roots of fluttering trees and the restlessness of both, observer of happy peril in a runaway colt, finder of gloom in “easy wind and downy flake,” dramatizer of a hired man’s death, of five hundred dollars for a pair of lost feet. Through poems, if not his life, love is agony, life’s a trial, expectation bows to reality, bitter binds to every sweet. Despair wed to fortitude, endless bearing up —- for gifts like these they call him dark.

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[9] drnick 26-Aug-07/8:55 PM Reply
It is those who are in darkness that see light most clearly.
[7] INTRANSIT 27-Aug-07/6:50 AM Reply
More about the "happy peril in a runaway colt"- please.
I also think it's too straight/technical/cold.
[8] Ranger 27-Aug-07/1:56 PM Reply
To make it topical, I suggest the following alternative finale: "for gifts like these they call him drnick".
[9] drnick › Ranger 27-Aug-07/2:18 PM Reply
Hello there old chum, how are you these days? I finally got a job, however its with the oil industry... which isnt necessarily a bad thing if you don't mind being pure evil, so it works! I might actually have to go to the motherland for training, which is exciting. Anywho, good to see you're still alive along with my reputation.
[8] Ranger › drnick 27-Aug-07/2:29 PM Reply
You've sold out to capitalism too? Welcome to the club, just don't get mistaken for a rogue FBI agent when you're in Russia. They'll take you to a London restaurant and serve you an appalling dish of radiation. I'm good, got the degree I was after and am now just saving a few pounds to catapult me to Australia next year. In the meantime there are the one day internationals between England and India to enjoy (you have to be severely English to watch cricket, it seems...).

You know you sent me an email a while ago (refer to a previous conversation for evidence...)? It never arrived. I'd like to tell you what this says about Microsoft, but the words just won't appear. Have you considered Facebook?
[n/a] Dovina › Ranger 27-Aug-07/4:32 PM Reply
Step right in; let your hair down. You know my parlor is always open.
[9] drnick › Ranger 27-Aug-07/4:39 PM Reply
Well I've never had a dish of radiation I didn't like, so I'm not quite worried about that (vanilla uranium yellow cake is the BEST). Going down undah', eh? I'm sure that will be fun! I can't say I've attempted to watch cricket in a very long time and I've forgotten all the rules so I might not find it interesting if I did.

I do have a facebook account, I tried to search for you but...I don't know your name, so that posed a minor problem. I did just friend request you on myspace, though I don't really use that very often. Try to find me on facebook, my name is my email address on my profile here.
[n/a] Dovina › drnick 28-Aug-07/1:25 PM Reply
Sit right down, Love. I'll put on a kettle of tea and bring out some biscuits. Now how true is it you're in the dark as Ranger notes? And how is the light brighter for you and this poet of whom I was speaking. I'd love to hear your thoughts, but you and Ranger just sit here and chat awhile; I'll be right back.
[8] Ranger › Dovina 28-Aug-07/2:34 PM Reply
I always chat. If you know the rules of cricket, so much the better.
[9] drnick › Dovina 28-Aug-07/2:59 PM Reply
I'm in the dark because I choose to be. I revel the dark side of human nature, it is far more fascinating to me than the opposite; more complex, mysterious. The light is brighter because you can appreciate it more, it's a contrast to everything around you(i.e. a winning lotto ticket to a homeless man is far more significant/meaningful than it would be to a millionare).
[n/a] Dovina › drnick 28-Aug-07/3:22 PM Reply
I thought at first to hang the old adage on you: Think negatively, then anything positive that comes along seems like a miracle. But maybe you and the poet of whom I speak are realists instead and give realism to the rest of us optimists as a gift we can really use. Maybe there is more beauty in buried roots than we thought.
[8] Ranger › drnick 28-Aug-07/2:33 PM Reply
Your email's set to 'private/not displayed'!
[9] drnick › Ranger 28-Aug-07/2:51 PM Reply
Of course, I hate myself. Alright, my last name is Kott...I'm sure you can figure out my first name. I'm in the western michigan university network.