Poetry Break: "Courage"
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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No, not "Courage, the Cowardly Dog"! My own courage. Or lack thereof.
Actually, the poem below is not about the virtue of bravery, but about habits of the heart. Why, then, the word "courage"? Think etymologically.
Courage
Ribbed in by bone
curved 'round like bars,
tense-tightened,
whitened sepulchers,
the captive
wild thing paces far
in its strange cage
of caught desire.
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 5:41 AM
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4 Comments:
Reading this, I am thinking, is it courage needed for expression.
To express the heart, you mean? That's probably part of it.
Perhaps some courage as well just to post the poem since it's not one of my better efforts.
But I sort of like it anyway.
Jeffery Hodges
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Reminds me a bit of a Bruce Cockburn song. "Pacing the Cage", I think is the name.
I'd never heard of that song, but the title does echo some of my words.
Thanks for visiting.
Jeffery Hodges
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