Dressed In Opals & Rags

[redbrunja]

 gacked from seren_ccd :

If you see this, post a poem in your own LJ.

This is one of my favorite poems. It is like a homage to the fierceness of the ladies and the moon imagery has marked it as a Katara song in my head.

In Mind
by Denise Levertov

There's in my mind a woman
of innocence, unadorned but

fair-featured, and smelling of
apples or grass. She wears

a utopian smock or shift, her hair
is a light brown and smooth, and she

is kind and very clean without
ostentation ---

but she has
no imagination.

And there's a
turbulent moon-ridden girl

or old woman, or both,
dressed in opals and rags, feathers

and torn taffeta,
who know strange songs ---

but she is not kind.

Comments

[kai-lis.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. That's really powerful. And perfect for Katara.

[anat-astarte.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is quite amazing!

[afigureofspeech.livejournal.com]

I like this because not only does it describe Katara, it describes different aspects of Katara. I don't know if it was supposed to describe one woman, but when applied to Katara it really does. Very powerful. :)

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

I love this poem.

And this meme!

*needs to get ready for National Poetry Month*

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Sweet!

I actually have the bad habit of scrolling past poems on my flist, but I really need to stop, because I miss some great things that way.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's a perfect poem for Katara because it acknowledges the different aspects of her personality.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh, totally.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I really love this poem.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

It is.

And now that you use that icon, it really works for Rue, too.