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The Ultimate Vehicle of Earthly Bliss - 10. Like burgundy red gladiolus

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II. Oden, Sonette, und Übertragungen aus fremden Sprachen

 

Der Troubadour singt:

 

Ich wollte Flöte spielen in der Nacht

Daß meine Schmerzen gleich burgunderroten

Gladiolen dir zu Füßen lohten

Bis deine Seele mir erwacht.

 

Und wenn mein Lied wie seufzerschweres Sterben

Die Nacht durchbricht, wirst du dein Leben

Mir todesbang – in Seligkeiten geben – –

Mit meinen Schmerzen will ich um dich werben. [i]

 

 

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II. Odes, Sonnets, and Renderings from

Foreign Languages

 

Thus Sings the Troubadour:

 

I had hoped to play my flute in the night

So my sorrows would be like gladiolus

Blooming burgundy red at your feet

Until your soul might awaken.

 

And when my song broke through like a dying sigh

Upon the long hours of the night, you’d lay down

Your life for me, bent by death – in total bliss – –

Thus shall my sorrows seek to enrapture you.

 

 

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17 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

Gladioli are impressive and showy, impossible to ignore, especially if they’re blooming right at one’s feet. So vivid is this image, it  stopped me in my tracks, and I had to start over. 

Thanks, Parker. Red plays a large role in Toni Schwabe's poetry. In this regular use of a primary color in dreamlike ways, she's clearly a Expressionist poet, inspiring others to speak in the same poetic language. 

Oddly, although they come in many colors, I think finding a dark-red, burgundy gladiolus would be difficult, which seems to reinforce the dream quality of the metaphor 

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On 3/20/2024 at 10:09 AM, ReaderPaul said:

Wow.  Heavy, as we used to say in the 70s and 80s.

Funny you should put it just this way, as I was reading issue 8 of "Manroot" magazine from 1973 just an hour ago, struck how the Lesbian voice is so familiar and universal through time. This poetry journal was edited by out poet Paul Mariah, and the 8th issue was entirely devoted by women poets. 

I'm going to type up one today (one that reminds me deeply of Toni Schwabe) and post it in the Mirror tomorrow 

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