Friday, October 13, 2006

Friday Nudibranch Blogging


This is Ceratosoma sinuata:
it squints out
from under a seven-hued eyebrow.
Its lid is washed clean by fires,
its tear is hot steam.

Towards it the blind star flies
and melts at the eyelash that's hotter:
it's growing warm in the world
and the dead
burgeon and flower.

(Photo by Jun Imamoto.)

5 comments:

  1. and the dead
    burgeon and flower.


    'at's some good writin', pard!

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  2. 'at's some good writin', pard!

    Agreed, and you can thank Paul Celan for it!

    I better start crediting this stuff. Just assumed everyone knew I was quoting....

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  3. Damn, how unpleasant is that?

    Toby polluting a post on my beloved nudibranches??

    BTW, that one's tres faboo.

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  4. Took care of it for ya, 4legs. It's not like he had anything to say.

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  5. Anonymous10:44 PM

    Love your regular nudibranch posts! (And thanks for the link to my vid a while back...)

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