How to Draw a Woman

I found this random coolness by stumbling.

Try it fast and try it slow.

Try it high and try it low.

We hit 5,000 overnight

I shall release my books in the morning.

Ash Wednesday – sixth week

VI
Although I do not hope to turn again
Although I do not hope
Although I do not hope to turn

Wavering between the profit and the loss
In this brief transit where the dreams cross
The dreamcrossed twilight between birth and dying
(Bless me father) though I do not wish to wish these things
From the wide window towards the granite shore
The white sails still fly seaward, seaward flying
Unbroken wings

And the lost heart stiffens and rejoices
In the lost lilac and the lost sea voices
And the weak spirit quickens to rebel
For the bent golden-rod and the lost sea smell
Quickens to recover
The cry of quail and the whirling plover
And the blind eye creates
The empty forms between the ivory gates
And smell renews the salt savour of the sandy earth

This is the time of tension between dying and birth
The place of solitude where three dreams cross
Between blue rocks
But when the voices shaken from the yew-tree drift away
Let the other yew be shaken and reply.

Blessèd sister, holy mother, spirit of the fountain, spirit of the garden,
Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still
Even among these rocks,
Our peace in His will
And even among these rocks
Sister, mother
And spirit of the river, spirit of the sea,
Suffer me not to be separated

And let my cry come unto Thee.

–T. S. Eliot

NaPoWriMo 2007

is right around the corner. Tick, tick.

Here are some links that might help.

st*rnosed mole
founder of NaPoWriMo, as this post explains

PFFA’s NaPoWriMo 2007 forum
The Poetry Free-for-All will participate again!

PFFA’s 2006 forum

PFFA’s 2005 forum

Anybody else doing NaPo this year? Post here and tell the world (or at least the little spoonful that visits this blog)

By the way — I’ll probably revive poem of the week for this — only it’ll be poem of the day.

Check back on the day of the Fool — which also happens to be Palm Sunday, which should redeem it.