Thursday, January 1, 2004

We Waves Comments

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WE, we waves,
That are rocking the winds
To rest--
Green cradles, we waves!
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August Strindberg
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Jim Rainey 23 April 2016

This poem makes no sense. The waves are cradles, holding, rocking the winds. Then, the waves are flames, burning, extinguishing. Not even Salvadore Dali could make any sense out of this one. As with too many modern poems written since 1913, we need the poet's decoder ring.

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