Purposes Poem by anais vionet
Purposes
When the sun sets, flecking clouds with diaphanous light and birds whistle daytime's last summer psalms, we call it night.
We're moonbathing and Sunny's features are inlaid with glamorous silver-blue patines. We'll reawaken soon, our time is measured in assignments, not in hours, days or even seasons.
Responsibility is a villain of our own devices. You can run from it, bolt your door against it, only to find it's right there - in back of you - smiling like a tiger or a parent.
Unfortunately, the university isn't a hotel. It's more of a competition, like those survivor shows.
We'll enjoy the moonlight, for a few, laconic moments, for it seems to possess a sweet power to cool and calm, but soon our purposes will call, irresistibly, and we'll return to the performance.
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Merriam Webster: laconic: brief to the point of seeming rude.
anais, I'll try leaving comments AGAIN. 'diaphanous light' I don't think those two words 'should' be paired as they are. I think 'patines' should be 'patinas'.
'Responsibility'.......yeah, it's awful sometimes! ! ! ! When I was in college (and not necessarily by my choice) I threw 'responsibility' (for 'higher education') out the window and set my 'performance' towards other goals.
Night: 'The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.' To refer to a 'surface color', the word is petina, not petine. : )
1st line: I think you are stretching 'poetic license' to use diaphonous to describe 'light' and to call such a time of day 'night'. Let me look up 'night'. ;)
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I would like to translate this poem
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8/18/2025 9:32:09 AM # 1.0.0
I left some 'better' comment(s) 'last time' I think.; ( 'Responsibility' and 'purpose' aren't items I strive for in my life, though I have HAD responsibilities thrust upnn me and I've survived. That does NOT mean I've handled them well. HA! ;)