Friday, January 3, 2003

The Other Tiger Comments

Rating: 3.8

A tiger comes to mind. The twilight here
Exalts the vast and busy Library
And seems to set the bookshelves back in gloom;
Innocent, ruthless, bloodstained, sleek
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Jorge Luis Borges
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Maria C. Pires Costa 09 August 2008

Will this 'tiger of symbols' be a representationof different thoughts, feelings, concerns, even inspirational periods across the poet's experience? Will the poet mean his writing experience is a permanent quest towards something 'colossal' not yet found in verse? ... We have read about this late poet that he always thought that a library should be like a paradise! Now, on August 10th,2008, we think 'The Other Tiger' must be shedding its light on poets and poetry...

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Jorge Luis Borges

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