Friday, January 3, 2003

Sleeping On The Ceiling Comments

Rating: 3.3

It is so peaceful on the ceiling!
It is the Place de la Concorde.
The little crystal chandelier
is off, the fountain is in the dark.
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Elizabeth Bishop
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Robert Barnett 29 April 2009

I can enjoy and understand this poem, but I fail to understand the line 'Those photographs are animals.' The only image I take from that is the perspective generated by distance, but that doesn't do much. Any thoughts?

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Elizabeth Bishop

Worcester, Massachusetts
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