“Why does the mind compose this music well before the words occur?”
– Jim Harrison (Day Twenty-Eight – 28 Days of Unreason)
My salamander mind
Has nestled itself into place
So there it is
Cold-nosed
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So glad Harrison tends to travel with you. Firstly, let me say I rattled the windows laughing at this one!! At least, at the ending. The salamander mind, however, is an intriguing image. A mind that lives in duality? A Hellbender? Cold-nosed mind? Hmmm. Love a poem that leaves me with more questions than answers! (I also ask the question Why does a human rights lawyer also ‘like’ this poem – haha!) One final conundrum for me – how this all connects with the quote… must read it again in the morning.
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Way! So happy it tickled you, lol! You gave me that salamander BTW, something you said about their metaphorical heritage. The link with the quote, I’ll let you work on that tomorrow.
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Fire! Of course – now I have something to go on… when I’m less exhausted.
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To spare you potential brain-damage — meant simply as our reptile brain, legacy of amphibians crawling out from the sea. The source of fight/flight/sex drive, emotion, e.g. the music that is pre-verbal.
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Well, crud! Something profound drifted into my mind just as I fell asleep last night – I’m sure it was exactly that. Really. 🙂
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Like much of your poetry, intriguing, fascinating. The inappropriate dog, the salamander mind – so clever, and like Morrison, opens up ideas and imaginings way before the rational mind catches up.
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Thanks so much!
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Much love for this one. Leaving it brief was a great idea
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Thanks. Yes, seemed like less was more.
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