06-14-2023, 06:29 AM
(06-13-2023, 07:35 AM)busker Wrote: Cherub, chimeraSuggestions above aside, enjoyed the read. Perhaps a different title, that calls out the Dante reference more plainly.
Cherub, chimera,
whatever you were -
an angelic thing
or fire breathing dragon
upon me, a mortal -
I remember your wings.
The black sepulchre
non-being’s eternal, I find all the contractions a hindrance to my reading
but your sight’s a spring
of light in the darkness,
winter’s moon. You bring. a winter's moon (?)
a parade of faces a train of faces (?)
from old, familiar places
and days on the brink
of being forgotten,
Dante’s immortal - I don't get this line, if the poem references Dante (other than this mention), I''m not understanding the reference
I remember your wings.

