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Salve, Constantia
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Society of Swans
She had drifted
into this place before,
many times, her head ducked low,
her thoughts surrounded
by a spiral of options
they bestowed her,
drew her into their ring
then left her
forlorn
like a new species
raised by the world
in this bed of feathers,
eyes covered
by a folding so warm
& blind
She had drifted
into this place before,
many times, her head ducked low,
her thoughts surrounded
by a spiral of options
they bestowed her,
drew her into their ring
then left her
forlorn
like a new species
raised by the world
in this bed of feathers,
eyes covered
by a folding so warm
& blind
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S-Notes
Salve, Constantia is the photo of a mural in South Germany. It was first published in qarrtsiluni's "New Classics" issue, and is still online: Salve, Constantia.
Society of Swans was first published in YB poetry, and received a Pushcart nomination. Here's the origianl page: Society of Swans, and here's the author note that is ncluded in the YB blog
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A to Z
this A-Z walk through the archives started here: A to Z Blogging Challenge upcoming, the collected entries are online as life as a journey from A to Z
...and 3 extra links: AtoZchallenge tagboard & AtoZchallenge / twitter & a list of all s-words
1 comment:
When I saw "salve" I thought of salvia and a type of ointment, but didn't know it was also a traditional Roman greeting. So interesting to learn the meanings of words. When I read that on the original post at Qarrtsiluni, it caused my mind to wander to the Austrian greeting "servus" which comes from the Latin servus meaning slave...an anagram of salve.
Lovely and melancholy swan poem!
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