[“‘Oh to be Nothing,’ said Eve,” – Stevie Smith] Having just tasted the apple and realizing who she is, and who Adam is, and that neither she nor Adam is the Serpent whose coiling body she so much adores, envies,... … [Read more...]
“The Apples of Desire” / Memorable Fancies #1347
15 October, 2015 by Leave a Comment
[“you stood among trees hung / with bitten apples” – Louise Glück] We take a bite from each apple; then, disappointed, go on to the next, always hoping to find the right apple, the one the serpent told us about, the one that will, finally, make us human. Our desire is so fierce we can almost taste it. <END> Buy it at amazon.com/author/terencekuch: For Anacreon, 30 poems of love and life from the ancient Greek poet (originally published as a chapbook by Silkworms Ink). … [Read more...]
“The Wall of Eden” / Memorable Fancies #429
14 August, 2013 by Leave a Comment
[“We stand outside the wall of Eden and hear the trees talking together within, and their talk is sweet in our ears.” – Yeats] Pear Tree: How did that damn apple tree, you know, the one in the book about Adam and Eve; how did it wangle all that publicity? People don’t come here to the Garden to see and admire me anymore. My boughs are heavy with rotting fruit, while the apple has been picked nearly bare. Peach Tree: It was something about good and evil, I think. The people … [Read more...]
“Trees” / A Memorable Fancy #410
25 July, 2013 by Leave a Comment
[“We stand outside the wall of Eden and hear the trees talking together within, and their talk is sweet in our ears.” – Yeats] Pear: How did that damn apple tree, you know, the one that got all that publicity in the book about Adam and Eve; how did it wangle that? The people don’t come here to the Garden to see and admire me anymore. My boughs are heavy with rotting fruit, while the apple has been picked nearly bare. Peach: It was something about good and evil. The people … [Read more...]
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