Friday 6 September 2013

'Ecstasy' from 'Palimpsest'

 
ecstasy
(1910)

stone in ecstasy
and why not if you consi
der the fact that ec

stasy means be
ing taken elsewhere – pulled out
of oneself and hence

not subject to out
side influence as when tak
ing methylenedi

oxymetham
phetamine – after all it
is called being ‘stoned’

The poem is based on a sculpture from 1910-11 by Eric Gill

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