{"id":1191,"date":"2013-03-20T11:25:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T18:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2014-11-24T09:00:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T17:00:27","slug":"ars-poetica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1191","title":{"rendered":"Ars poetica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We went to spot a trogon
\nAnd I began to hum,
\nPicking paces down a path
\nGreater than their sum.<\/p>\n

Milky lime, the river,
\nSometimes smoky jade;
\nIn the brush, bromeliads;
\nRed orchids in the shade.<\/p>\n

Cawing to the trogon
\nAs if we knew his sound,
\nWe surely drove him farther
\nTo the dim background<\/p>\n

Where flashes off the river
\nFlitted with the breeze
\nAnd likenesses of birds
\nFlocked behind the trees.<\/p>\n

At length we reached
\nThe ambit of a murmur
\nFirst confused. From hush
\nThere rose up whispers, firmer<\/p>\n

Round each bend, until
\nWe knew a roaring
\nFalls could best explain
\nThe din, though its pouring<\/p>\n

As it filled the pool came
\nTo form a quiet cove,
\nA hollowed cell recessed
\nWithin the tangle of the grove.<\/p>\n

I looked up through
\nThe rainbow spray where
\nMy creature should have been,
\nEmerald scarlet in the air,<\/p>\n

Thoughts of ruby green.
\nThe water\u2019s plunge made the bluff
\nBeside it soar, but no bird
\nPerched up in that rough.<\/p>\n

Mine remained the rarest,
\nOne that\u2019s never flown.
\nThe echo of his dearth
\nIs for my ears alone.<\/p>\n

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We went to spot a trogon And I began to hum, Picking paces down a path Greater than their sum. Milky lime, the river, Sometimes smoky jade; In the brush, bromeliads; Red orchids in the shade. Cawing to the trogon As if we knew his sound, We surely drove him farther To the dim background … <\/p>\n

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