dragonsong (poetry from voices)
July 1, 2008 at 11:50 pm Leave a comment
dragonsong
have you ever
played with the dragons?–
one changed me, for a while
and we spun arabesques
in the wind, lighting
the sky in our fiery course.
ah–have you ever
played with the dragons? i
did; it ruined
my life. i’ve spent it dreaming,
trying vaguely to recreate
those half-remembered flights
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Glenn
Ursula K. LeGuin liked it. It’s that island trilogy. Earthsea (how useful the internet is for people like me who remember patterns not names). She is one of the masters of the art as well. I refuse to use the feminine form because as used it’s been implicitly a slight–although she’s written, too, only as woman. Which has to do with a whole science fiction publishing bit that affected me not at all and angered me a great deal. Sorry.
Entry filed under: poetry, writing and thought. Tags: earthsea, in respect, in truth, ursula k leguin.
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