April 25, 2007
Samurai Song by Robert Pinsky
From Poetry International Web:
Samurai Song
When I had no roof I made
Audacity my roof. When I had
No supper my eyes dined.
When I had no eyes I listened.
When I had no ears I thought.
When I had no thought I waited.
When I had no father I made
Care my father. When I had
No mother I embraced order.
When I had no friend I made
Quiet my friend. When I had no
Enemy I opposed my body.
When I had no temple I made
My voice my temple. I have
No priest, my tongue is my choir.
When I have no means fortune
Is my means. When I have
Nothing, death will be my fortune.
Need is my tactic, detachment
Is my strategy. When I had
No lover I courted my sleep.
See video of Pinsky reciting the poem here.
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Comments
Read it once - intriguing.
Read it twice - brilliant!
Posted by: beajerry | Apr 25, 2007 10:22:50 PM
Colbert lapdogs, eh?
Posted by: Jared | Apr 26, 2007 12:07:15 AM
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