{"id":440,"date":"2008-12-20T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T08:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2008\/12\/the-silence-afterwards\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T08:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T08:11:00","slug":"the-silence-afterwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2008\/12\/the-silence-afterwards.html","title":{"rendered":"The Silence Afterwards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Rolf<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty clear from glancing at these posts that I like old poets (with the exception of Jane Hirschfield who isn\u2019t so old yet). \u00a0I\u2019m also very fond of some old dead Chinese and Japanese brush-to-paper folks, but I\u2019m saving them up for another time.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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The tie that binds poets that zing me is a cold-blooded willingness to speak directly from this broken-wooden-ladle life. I suppose that\u2019s also what inspires me about Dylan and various Country Music tunes like those that I\u2019ve posted here.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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I\u2019m interested in the younger poets too, btw, so if you have any recommendations, let me know.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Here\u2019s Robert Bly\u2019s translation of a great Norwegian poet Rolf Jacobsen from\u00a0<\/span>Rolf Jacobsen: Twenty Poems<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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Try to be done now<\/span><\/div>\n
with deliberately provocative actions and sales<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 statistics,<\/span><\/div>\n
brunches and gas ovens,<\/span><\/div>\n
be done with fashion shows and horoscopes,<\/span><\/div>\n
military parades, architectural contests,<\/span><\/div>\n
and the rows of triple traffic lights.<\/span><\/div>\n
come through all that and be through<\/span><\/div>\n
with getting ready for parties and eight possibilities<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 of winning on the numbers,<\/span><\/div>\n
cost of living indexes and stock market analyses,<\/span><\/div>\n
because it is too late,<\/span><\/div>\n
it is way too late,<\/span><\/div>\n
get through with and come home<\/span><\/div>\n
to the silence afterwards<\/span><\/div>\n
that meets you like warm blood hitting your<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 forehead<\/span><\/div>\n
and like thunder on the way<\/span><\/div>\n
and the sound of great clocks striking<\/span><\/div>\n
that make the eardrums quiver,<\/span><\/div>\n
because words don\u2019t exist any longer,<\/span><\/div>\n
there are no more words,<\/span><\/div>\n
from now on all talk will take place<\/span><\/div>\n
with the voices stones and trees have.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2013 \u2013 \u2013
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The silence that lives in the grass
<\/span><\/div>\n
on the underside of every blade<\/span><\/div>\n
and in the blue space between the stones.<\/span><\/div>\n
The silence<\/span><\/div>\n
that follows the shots and birdsong.<\/span><\/div>\n
The silence\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
that pulls a blanket over the dead body<\/span><\/div>\n
and waits in the stair until every one is gone.<\/span><\/div>\n
The silence<\/span><\/div>\n
that lies like a small bird between your hands,<\/span><\/div>\n
the only friend you have.<\/span><\/div>\n
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