1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. REC.ARTS.POEMS

  • I Died For Beauty

    From Ilya Shambat@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 2 17:03:20 2023
    "I Died for Beauty" - Emily Dickinson


    I died for beauty – 'twas my choice

    To end my life this way;

    In every note of her voice

    Was universe at play:


    Twas sparkling, shining, shimmering,

    Twas elegant and bright,

    In it the world was glimmering

    As I then held her tight.


    I died for beauty – as I did

    My lifeforce to her went

    And from the shackles it her freed

    To live by her intent:


    She needed lifeforce to be strong

    And then to carry on

    With universe to get along

    And sing again her song.


    I died for beauty, so it lives,

    Is by me fertilized,

    Shimmers and glimmers and conceives

    And is now realized,


    And though I died, what it gave birth

    Was better than was I,

    And now is set upon her course

    To grow and multiply.


    By Ilya Shambat
    https://sites.google.com/view/ilyashambatpoetry

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Ilya Shambat@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 19 22:51:24 2023
    "I Died for Beauty" - Emily Dickinson

    I died for beauty – twas my choice
    To end my life this way;
    In every note of her voice
    Was universe at play:

    Twas sparkling, shining, shimmering,
    Twas elegant and bright,
    In it the world was glimmering
    As I then held her tight.

    I died for beauty – as I did
    My lifeforce to her went
    And from the shackles it her freed
    To live by her intent:

    She needed lifeforce to be strong
    And then to carry on
    With universe to get along
    And sing again her song.

    I died for beauty, so it lives,
    Is by me fertilized,
    Shimmers and glimmers and conceives
    And is now realized,

    And though I died, what it gave birth
    Was better than was I,
    And now is set upon her course
    To grow and multiply.

    By Ilya Shambat
    https://sites.google.com/view/ilyashambatpoetry

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Ilya Shambat@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 22 18:02:59 2023
    "I Died for Beauty" - Emily Dickinson

    I died for beauty – twas my choice
    To end my life this way;
    In every note of her voice
    Was universe at play:

    Twas sparkling, shining, shimmering,
    Twas elegant and bright,
    In it the world was glimmering
    As I then held her tight.

    I died for beauty – as I did
    My lifeforce to her went
    And from the shackles it her freed
    To live by her intent:

    She needed lifeforce to be strong
    And then to carry on
    With universe to get along
    And sing again her song.

    I died for beauty, so it lives,
    Is by me fertilized,
    Shimmers and glimmers and conceives
    And is now realized,

    And though I died, what it gave birth
    Was better than was I,
    And now is set upon her course
    To grow and multiply.

    By Ilya Shambat
    https://sites.google.com/view/ilyashambatpoetry

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Ilya Shambat@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 23 15:57:40 2023
    I died for beauty – twas my choice

    To end my life this way;

    In every note of her voice

    Was universe at play:


    Twas sparkling, shining, shimmering,

    Twas elegant and bright,

    In it the world was glimmering

    As I then held her tight.


    I died for beauty – as I did

    My lifeforce to her went

    And from the shackles it her freed

    To live by her intent:


    She needed lifeforce to be strong

    And then to carry on

    With universe to get along

    And sing again her song.


    I died for beauty, so it lives,

    Is by me fertilized,

    Shimmers and glimmers and conceives

    And is now realized,


    And though I died, what it gave birth

    Was better than was I,

    And now is set upon her course

    To grow and multiply.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)