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realwoman
Joined: 05 Dec 2005
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PREMONITION
Voorgevoel (1 Februarie 1984)
die skemer daal nou oranje en rooi
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oor ‘n pers sierpruim
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monochromaties bleek
en ek verlang
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met hoendervleisvel
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na Athena
“in die stegies van ‘n ou stad”
(Nie dat ek Athena ooit geken het nie
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dis net so vaagduidelik
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soos die sikloop vir my
by elke verwysing na Fortuna..)
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realwoman
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.....with the usual imperfect translation below....
Premonition (1 February 1984)
Dusk falls in orange and red
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across a purple plum
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monochromatic pale
and I feel a longing
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with goosebump-skin
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for Athena
“in the narrow streets of an old city”
(Not that I ever knew Athena
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it is just as clearly vague
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as the Cyclops
with every reference to Fortuna…)
(Found this poem among old stuff on Sunday, and my heart turned cold, as I wrote it one day after I had a strange dream, and realised that the date on which I wrote it was exactly to the day ten years before I was in a car accident, in which I lost my right eye.....)
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Jules
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
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Real,
That sent shivers down my spine...
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ghost
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hi real!
your translation works for me...
and your friendship too - i am so glad it's not your life you lost that day.
fondest regards
ghost
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realwoman
Joined: 05 Dec 2005
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(((((((((((((QUEEN OF HEARTS, SPOOK, SWAAIBOKKIE)))))))))))))
Thanks for reading, and for the kind words!! And YES - I am glad to be ALIVE!
Living each day as if it is my last - and glad to have been able to meet you all!
*smiling at the cyclops*
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DanceofSorrows
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Real,
I find a different assocation from the poem and the experience, and like other readers I enjoy what association the writer has for the poem, so thanks for sharing that. I liked the poem.
Dance~
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labrys
Joined: 14 Feb 2006
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That is absolutely errie. Thanks so much for sharing it!
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LoriSue
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(((((((((((((((((real)))))))))))))))))
I am struck by the poem and probably put my own meaning to it. What I took from it gave me peace and hope.
I am so very glad you stayed with us to teach us through your life experience.
Sending you peace and love,
Sue
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fantastic!
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realwoman
Joined: 05 Dec 2005
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(((((((((((((((((SUE))))))))))))))))))))))
You are more than welcome to put your own meanin to it... that is what I love about poetry - it means different things for different people, and I am glad that one I created so many years ago still has meaning, and still can give peace and hope!!
The most important thing that i have learned, throught that experience, is that it does not really matter what you do, as lon as what you do is making a difference to the world we live in ... and I am grateful for having that opportunity!!
Love and Peace to you and yours too
R
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realwoman
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K!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you - from a great poet such as you, that is a wonderful compliment!
Love,
real
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