I liked this poem too, and I was telling my friend this morning about it. How well the poet has captured the mathematical element in it: "A rose is a rose is a rose", and it is there right down till the end.
--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What a remarkable poem, remarkable poet, but most of all, what a > remarkable translation! I can hear the music so clearly. > > V. > > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------- ------ > Subject: [Poem of the week] FRACTAL > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, September 12, 2005 8:16 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > FRACTAL > > > In all of its parts a rose is rose > in every petal it is complete > > likewise each millimetre in this continent's outline > always equals the whole of its coast > > and the slightest wisp of mist > the biggest skyfilling cloud, so > > a rose right down to the tiniest > outline of every single petal > > and the space suffused with molecules > of scent between these petals is that rose > > and does not know it. > > > > ESTHER JANSMA > > Translated by Francis R. Jones > > > > Poem of the week: > http://netherlands.poetryinternational.org/cwolk/view/26516 > > Esther Jansma page: > http://netherlands.poetryinternational.org/cwolk/view/15641 > > If you do not wish to receive the Poem of the week anymore, send an > email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to [email protected] OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
