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labellementeuseAnother... thirty or so icons. *falls over* These ones are mostly- almost all, in fact- New Zealand poetry. There may be some American ones in the future if I can find my Penguin collection, but for now, I think My Heart Goes Swimming, which is an anthology of New Zealand love poetry collected by Jeny Bornhaldt and Geoffrey O'Brien, will do nicely. I really recommend the book, as well.
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posticonic with miscellaneous bits and bobs of poetry. PLEASE CREDIT posticonic IF YOU TAKE ANY OF THESE, which of course you are most welcome to do! Other credit is lovely but nonessential; commenting is much better.
Teasers:
James K Baxter
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3. 
4. 5. 
-- from High Country Weather
Fiona Farrell
6. 7. 
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9. 
-- From Seven Wishes
Roma Potiki
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-- From And My Heart Goes Swimming (I bet you'd never have guessed ;) )
Mary Stanley
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-- From Love by Candlelight
Ruth Gilbert
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--From Not Made With Hands
Vincent O'Sullivan
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--from Love Poem
A.R.D. Fairburn
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miscellaneous
24.
From Shift by Bob Orr
Wendy Cope
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--From defining the problem
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29. 
Another couple I don't know where I got the quote from... Possibly ongreatpoets somewhere. if anyone can identify the poets for me I'd be very grateful.
30.
-From Lauris Edmond's The Active Voice
31.
-- from our Love Was A Grim Citadel by RAK Mason.
Again: all of the icons below the cut are made by combining the beautiful bases/textless icons of
posticonic with miscellaneous bits and bobs of poetry. PLEASE CREDIT posticonic IF YOU TAKE ANY OF THESE, which of course you are most welcome to do! Other credit is lovely but nonessential; commenting is much better. Teasers:
James K Baxter
1.
2. 3. 4.
5. -- from High Country Weather
Fiona Farrell
6.
7. 8. 9. -- From Seven Wishes
Roma Potiki
10.
11. 12. 13.
14. -- From And My Heart Goes Swimming (I bet you'd never have guessed ;) )
Mary Stanley
15.
16. 17. -- From Love by Candlelight
Ruth Gilbert
18.
19.--From Not Made With Hands
Vincent O'Sullivan
20.
21. --from Love Poem
A.R.D. Fairburn
22.
23. miscellaneous
24.
From Shift by Bob Orr Wendy Cope
25.
26. --From defining the problem
27.
28.
29. Another couple I don't know where I got the quote from... Possibly on
greatpoets somewhere. if anyone can identify the poets for me I'd be very grateful.30.
-From Lauris Edmond's The Active Voice
31.
-- from our Love Was A Grim Citadel by RAK Mason.
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Date: 2005-09-22 12:07 am (UTC)Upon the upland road,
ride easy, stranger.
surrender to the sky
your heart of anger.
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Date: 2005-09-22 12:30 pm (UTC)*goes to search for whole poem to read*
no's 25 & 26 - the lines come from a poem I posted a while back on greatpoets called defining the problem, by Wendy Cope. One of my favourites.
I can't forgive you. Even if I could,
You wouldn't pardon me for seeing through you
And yet I cannot cure myself of love
For what I thought you were before I knew you.
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Date: 2005-09-23 01:55 am (UTC)Ooh, thanks. *amends* that's right, I remember reading it and thinking it was neat.
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Date: 2005-09-23 09:57 am (UTC)id love it if you would type that poem up for me. your right.. i couldnt find it anywhere on the net.
thank you :)
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Date: 2005-09-28 10:07 am (UTC)Love by Candlelight
Lift up your brown arms
And let fall your heavy hair.
Here no one may enter
None climb the stair.
Bend down your ripe mouth.
Love's fire-bright silence, this
Half-painful, shadow haunted
So-much-longed-for kiss.
Open your green eyes.
Pin-points of candleshine
In caverns of coolness gleam
Here, close to mine.
Rest your dear head night-long
In its accustomed place.
I seek no other heav'n
Beyond your mortal face.
--Mary Stanley
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Date: 2005-09-22 01:53 pm (UTC)thank you!
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Date: 2005-09-22 08:38 pm (UTC)They really are lovely.
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Date: 2005-10-18 03:01 am (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2005-10-18 03:04 am (UTC)Thanks again!
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