Remember: Mirror, Joseph, John Poem by Liza Sud

Remember: Mirror, Joseph, John

There are only you and me, Joseph.
And I don't know how and why.
All the other world is simply frozen:
to learn poetry you have to die.

I was wailing for you, dear Joseph,
I was startled, I wanted to find.
But it was John of Kronstadt who taught me:
to learn poetry you have to die.

I had patience, was really paying
for that secret: to hear, to write.
You reminded that mirror is changing.
to learn poetry you have to die.

I forgot. But your mirror reminded
why I suddenly start to despise
all the earthly - because it's my past now:
to learn poetry you have to die.

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Есть только мы с тобой, Иосиф.
и я не знаю, как или зачем.
Все в мире остальном - просто замерзло.
Чтобы стихи познать - ты должен умереть.

Я тосковала по тебе, Иосиф.
Я так стремилась отыскать ответ!
Но Иоанн ответил на вопросы.
Чтобы стихи познать - ты должен умереть.

А я терпела, и я заплатила
за тот секрет: как слушать и писать,
Ты мне напомнил: зеркало сменилось.
ты должен умереть, чтобы стихи писать.

Забыла я: ты с зеркалом напомнил,
когда я начинаю презирать
земное все - оно для меня в прошлом.
чтобы стихи писать - ты должен умирать.

Thursday, July 28, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: learning
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Daniel Brick 28 July 2016

TO LEARN POETRY YOU HAVE TO DIE is a bold, very bold refrain. The first impact on me is that IT ENHANCES POETRY BEING A LIFE/DEATH ISSUE. /the second impact: it connects you two two DEAD PHYSICAL LY BUT ALIVE SPIRITUALLY INFLUENCES IN j. B. and J.of K The speaker surprises me in her view of death; SHE HAS NO FEAR SO CONFIDENT IS SHE OF BEING IN GOD'S CAMP

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Dr Antony Theodore 28 July 2016

Joseph, John, the mirror, poetry....... thoughts, imaginations. i learn a lot through the events of life........ nice poem. thank you dear poetess Liza

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Edward Kofi Louis 28 July 2016

Your mirror reminded me! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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