Down By Magdalena

Stewart · 27th May 2005, 14:01

I liked kumquat's sonnet on the other thread and thought I'd add my own - it's one I wrote a while back but I'd like to share it.

Down by Magdalena

In Heaven, there could only be one place
Among the arms of Holiness that night
Which saw my love, nay! my Magdalena
Taken from me. As I lay weeping by
Her side, staring at her sweet, empty face
And cursing Him; His apathy. That light
In which He bathes, has blinded Him: saner?
Never He - only life with which to die!
Yet, despite the years He grants unto us
I know they have no meaning, but in length
For being together in love is strength
As is, in love again, apart. The fuss
Between is just a path of years run straight
To be down with my love, a life too late.

John Self · 27th May 2005, 15:12

Knotty but good.

Stewart · 27th May 2005, 15:16

I'm sorry, knotty is not an expression I'm familiar with. What do you mean by it?

John Self · 27th May 2005, 15:21

I just meant I found it hard to follow and needed to re-read it a few times.

Stewart · 27th May 2005, 15:24

Ah! I understand now. Thanks.

27th May 2005, 14:01	#1
Stewart Once known as Blixa takes it to extremes Join Date: 26 May 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 6,637	Down By Magdalena I liked kumquat's sonnet on the other thread and thought I'd add my own - it's one I wrote a while back but I'd like to share it. Down by Magdalena In Heaven, there could only be one place Among the arms of Holiness that night Which saw my love, nay! my Magdalena Taken from me. As I lay weeping by Her side, staring at her sweet, empty face And cursing Him; His apathy. That light In which He bathes, has blinded Him: saner? Never He - only life with which to die! Yet, despite the years He grants unto us I know they have no meaning, but in length For being together in love is strength As is, in love again, apart. The fuss Between is just a path of years run straight To be down with my love, a life too late. __________________ Reading: Lost In The Funhouse, John Barth \| flickr \| blog \| world lit

27th May 2005, 15:12	#2
John Self Administrator suffers from smallness of vision Join Date: 27 Jun 2003 Location: Belfast Posts: 15,842	Knotty but good. __________________ Reading Jonathan Franzen, Freedom \| Asylum \| Book List

27th May 2005, 15:16	#3
Stewart Once known as Blixa takes it to extremes Join Date: 26 May 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 6,637	I'm sorry, knotty is not an expression I'm familiar with. What do you mean by it? __________________ Reading: Lost In The Funhouse, John Barth \| flickr \| blog \| world lit

27th May 2005, 15:21	#4
John Self Administrator suffers from smallness of vision Join Date: 27 Jun 2003 Location: Belfast Posts: 15,842	I just meant I found it hard to follow and needed to re-read it a few times. __________________ Reading Jonathan Franzen, Freedom \| Asylum \| Book List

27th May 2005, 15:24	#5
Stewart Once known as Blixa takes it to extremes Join Date: 26 May 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 6,637	Ah! I understand now. Thanks. __________________ Reading: Lost In The Funhouse, John Barth \| flickr \| blog \| world lit

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