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Poetry Meme
Sunday, October 17th, 2004 11:07 amFrom Practically Everyone...
"When you see this, post poetry in your journal":
Prospective Immigrants Please Note
Either you will
go through this door
or you will not go through.
If you go through
there is always the risk
of remembering your name.
Things look at you doubly
and you must look back and let them happen.
If you do not go thorugh
it is possible
to live worthily
to maintain your attitudes
to hold your position
to die bravely
but much will blind you,
much will evade you,
at what cost who knows?
The door itself
makes no promises.
It is only a door.
-- Adrienne Rich
"When you see this, post poetry in your journal":
Prospective Immigrants Please Note
Either you will
go through this door
or you will not go through.
If you go through
there is always the risk
of remembering your name.
Things look at you doubly
and you must look back and let them happen.
If you do not go thorugh
it is possible
to live worthily
to maintain your attitudes
to hold your position
to die bravely
but much will blind you,
much will evade you,
at what cost who knows?
The door itself
makes no promises.
It is only a door.
-- Adrienne Rich
