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On New Terms (Deborah Garrison)

On New Terms (Deborah Garrison)# Translation - 译林

y*g2004-01-01 08:01

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From The New Yorker, Jan. 5th, 2004
I'd like to begin again. Not touch my
own face, not tremble in the dark before
an intruder who never arrives. Not
apologize. Not scurry, not pace. Not
refuse to keep notes of what meant the most.
Not skirt my father's ghost. Not abandon
piano, or a book before the end.
Not count, count, count and wait, poised--the control,
the agony controlled--for the loss of
the one, having borne, I can't be, won't breathe
without: the foregone conclusion, the pain
not yet m

or2004-01-01 08:01

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"i can't understand a poem as if a dreamer can't understand his dream."
seems echo updates fiction slower than poetry ah.;) the pace is like once a
month.

【在 y**g 的大作中提到】

: From The New Yorker, Jan. 5th, 2004
: I'd like to begin again. Not touch my
: own face, not tremble in the dark before
: an intruder who never arrives. Not
: apologize. Not scurry, not pace. Not
: refuse to keep notes of what meant the most.
: Not skirt my father's ghost. Not abandon
: piano, or a book before the end.
: Not count, count, count and wait, poised--the control,
: the agony controlled--for the loss of

y*g2004-01-01 08:01

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hehe, time is limited, what to do is unlimitd, who said that?
Once you said it was not good, I felt unmotivated somehow and slowed down,
hehe. shouldn't you be blamed? :))) kidding. Should finish the last chapter
soon and begin anew, if possible, hehe.
well, happy 2004! The poem and the poet have their own new terms in new
year,me trying too. :)

【在 or 的大作中提到】

: "i can't understand a poem as if a dreamer can't understand his dream."
: seems echo updates fiction slower than poetry ah.;) the pace is like once a
: month.