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POETRY…EVERYDAY
April 20th, 2007 under The Enthusiast

EVERYDAY… GO TO THE WRITERS ALMANAC
EVERYDAY!!!
(CLICK HERE)
EVERDAY!!!
And during April, Poetry Month, go to FSG Poetry (click here)for RING TONES of your favorite poets! James Schuyler speaking in your purse! There is a God.
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Comment from ndozo  April 20, 2007, 11:36 am

God hates me. The link to FSG doesn’t work. I want a poetic ring tone! Help!!

This is a poem my sis (cdozo on LJ) put up after the poor wacko shot all those people at Virginia Tech.

“Could Have”
by Wislawa Szymborska

It could have happened.
It had to happen.
It happened earlier. Later.
Nearer. Farther off.
It happened, but not to you.

You were saved because you were the first.
You were saved because you were the last.
Alone. With others.
On the right. The left.
Because it was raining. Because of the shade.
Because the day was sunny.

You were in luck — there was a forest.
You were in luck — there were no trees.
You were in luck — a rake, a hook, a beam, a brake,
a jamb, a turn, a quarter inch, an instant.
You were in luck — just then a straw went floating by.

As a result, because, although, despite.
What would have happened if a hand, a foot
within an inch, a hairsbreadth from
an unfortunate coincidence.

So you’re here? Still dizzy from another dodge,
close shave, reprieve?
One hole in the net and you slipped through?
I couldn’t be more shocked or speechless.
Listen,
how your heart pounds inside me.

— Wislawa Szymborska

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