Monday, January 13, 2003

An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow Comments

Rating: 3.7

The word goes round Repins,
the murmur goes round Lorenzinis,
at Tattersalls, men look up from sheets of numbers,
the Stock Exchange scribblers forget the chalk in their hands
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Les Murray
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GEOFFREY JAMES 24 February 2020

It's really the Second Coming.

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Nike Ilupeju 28 January 2020

This is a beautiful poem. I love it

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Sarah 23 June 2019

Thank you Les Murray. I keep coming back to this. So, so human.

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Seema Jayaraman 18 November 2015

The ability to weep.. the strongest man too once he weeps thus his sorrow.. with calm and resolution restored can get back to his mundane chores.. lovely write.. thanks for sharing

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Edward Kofi Louis 18 November 2015

'They can't stop him'. Nice work.

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Briony Nicholls 09 July 2015

God bless Les Murray for his contribution to humanity!

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T Art 22 October 2013

A moment of transcendence, the grace and dignity of weeping, a gift for those who will listen and receive, beauty through the veil.

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Bhagavathi Sudarshan 18 August 2008

Nodoubt, Its a very fantastic poem. Its my all time favourite! Its so simple, ordinary, yet so profound. Long live Le murray, my sweetest poet. Love M. R. Bhagavathi Bangalore India

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Alison Cassidy 22 October 2006

Ordinary words from a master wordsmith make extraordinary poetry. Bless you Les...

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