Friday, January 3, 2003

Night-Scented Stock Comments

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White, white in the milky night
The moon danced over a tree.
"Wouldn't it be lovely to swim in the lake!"
Someone whispered to me.
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Katherine Mansfield
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Hilart Penwarden 31 May 2007

This poem is about KMs experiences of bohemian life during her time in Europe, with writers like Virginia Woolfe and DH Laurence. It's a lyric with a sense of narrative or a narrative with a sense of lyric. 'Is the moon a virgin or is she a harlot' - they must have been on something right?

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