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med_cat: (Watson bookworm)
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"My dear, my dear..."

med_cat: (Watson bookworm)
Prayer to Persephone

Be to her, Persephone,
All the things I might not be:
Take her head upon your knee.
She that was so proud and wild,
Flippant, arrogant and free,
She that had no need of me,
Is a little lonely child
Lost in Hell,—Persephone,
Take her head upon your knee:
Say to her, "My dear, my dear,
It is not so dreadful here."

(Edna St. Vincent Millay)

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Jan. 4th, 2010 11:06 pm (UTC)
Or as Dorothy Parker might say;
"Lost in Hell,—Persephone,
Take her head upon your knee:
Say to her, "My dear, my dear,
It is not so different here."

:))
med_cat: (Hourglass)
Jan. 5th, 2010 12:49 am (UTC)
Hmm...

You think?

You like Dorothy Parker, BTW? :)
Jan. 5th, 2010 01:00 am (UTC)
Do i like Mrs Parker? Heavens yes! :))
med_cat: (Watson bookworm)
Jan. 5th, 2010 01:08 am (UTC)
Haha me too! :) (As I'm sure you could tell since I've a bunch of her poems posted to my LJ ;)
Jan. 5th, 2010 02:07 am (UTC)
it's a shame, there used to be some lively Parker sites here at lj but they've gone quiet alas.
med_cat: (Watson bookworm)
Jan. 5th, 2010 07:04 am (UTC)
Oh, there were? I didn't know ;) Well, I've a bunch of her poems posted and will post more as time allows :) I've a book of her poems and short stories.
Jan. 5th, 2010 07:16 am (UTC)
She was a marvelous short story writer, a side to her that doesn't get enough exposure. I'd rate her with Katy Mansfield and Jane Bowles, two other writers i love.
med_cat: (H&W amusement)
Jan. 5th, 2010 07:19 am (UTC)
Oh yes! I LOVE her stories... "Seen from the other end of the dimly lit room, Mrs. Ewing was a pretty woman" LOL

and "Oh, I was helling around with La Rochefocauld till all hours"

:D
Jul. 1st, 2010 01:53 pm (UTC)
талантливо, неожиданно, мудро!
Белла, вы пишите прозу? и стихи? Или я неправильно поняла?
med_cat: (H&W dynamic duo)
Jul. 1st, 2010 08:09 pm (UTC)

Да, это стихотворение одно из лучших её работ...

Стихи--увы, нет, но поэзию люблю (как Вы, наверное, заметили по содержимому моего журнала)

Прозу--это, пожалуй, громко сказано...фанфикшн--Холмс и Ватсон--вот здесь: http://www.fanfiction.net/~medcat

До сих пор сама себе удивляюсь ;)