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A56392338 - The Weep of the Oboe
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Entry: The Weep of the Oboe - A56392338
Author: amaranthine_trail - U2233701
Experimenting with poetry. Comments are very welcome!
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Aug 27, 2009
This is beautiful.
I love the images. Very sensuous.
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minorvogonpoet Posted Aug 27, 2009
This is beautiful.
It reads aloud well and, as Dmitri says, it is very sensuous.
I don't really understand the end, or the reference to the oboe, but the result is intriguing.
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minorvogonpoet Posted Sep 8, 2009
On another read of this, I've noticed a mistake. The last line of the first stanza should read 'to the tune that the wind whistles'.
Otherwise great.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Sep 8, 2009
I thought it meant, 'to the tune of the wind-whistles'.
Like wind chimes.
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minorvogonpoet Posted Sep 8, 2009
You could be right. I didn't think of that. 
But there are two different spellings of 'Maragadham' as well.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Sep 8, 2009
Yes. Clarification from author, please - is there a reason for this?
I just realised something: the German word for emerald is 'Smaragd'.
Now I know where it comes from.
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LL Waz Posted Oct 2, 2009
Very, very nice to read. I'm curious about the oboe connection too.
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acartfart Posted Oct 5, 2009
As with Harrison's gently weeping guitar, the image transcends reality and takes us straight to an emotional state of mind that defies our logical side. Well it does for me anyway.
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A56392338 - The Weep of the Oboe
- 1: AT (Aug 27, 2009)
- 2: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Aug 27, 2009)
- 3: minorvogonpoet (Aug 27, 2009)
- 4: minorvogonpoet (Sep 8, 2009)
- 5: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Sep 8, 2009)
- 6: minorvogonpoet (Sep 8, 2009)
- 7: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Sep 8, 2009)
- 8: LL Waz (Oct 2, 2009)
- 9: acartfart (Oct 5, 2009)
- 10: UnderGuide Editors (Jul 29, 2011)
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