Friday, January 26, 2018

Béatrice Machet # 6 EURYDICE'S LAMENT



#6 - after Greg McLaren’s words (#1 Standing to Penrith, https://conversationinpoetry.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/greg-mclaren-1-standing-to-penrith.html

“Late light is a lot like early light,
            falling onto the flattened land
creekside in the wood.”
                   
Eurydice’s lament

1

This space offers low-light conditions capable of disturbing one’s ability to spot and be oriented. Consequently be so kind as to come here accompanied.  

Damp December
low wattage of the sky
lit candles and fireplace instead      
the dull sound of rain drops echoing through the gutter
mild and lukewarm sorrow
no real rhythm     no real hit nor strike
a stern gaze     
            but a tremor of rage inside to tell what’s in the guts …

2

Forsaken for hell’s sake Eurydice is
picked up in an eye   in a look     beyond the reach of
words beyond notes and score
Eurydice is
just a certain color    simply the burning   
a longing as a source     a flow 
locks and  fringe     threads of a net as if phrasing of gestures
dancingshadow   baïlalasombra eloscurodanza danselombre
a flow
words conceal other succeeding words with letters
the shade of which measures
a feeling of loss 

3

For if one says Orpheus
one sees the elbow
and the gaze
beyond which  
not yet out
Eurydice
not yet out
stumbles and 
stutters then
disappears

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