Auden's poem is troubling, haunted by what Tolstoy called the nightmare of history. Then at the end ... the reindeer in their Lapland setting. Like you Kylie, Auden would have been very worried by the erosion of wildlife habitats and eco-systems. If he had visited Australia he would have immersed himself in the Dreamtime, the Aboriginal culture and creation myths.
Lots of lovely, lovely images captured in these seventeen syllables. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty picture you paint.
ReplyDeleteI have loved your holiday haikus
ReplyDeleteLovely Kylie.
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ReplyDeleteYou can read W.H. Auden's breath-taking lyric, The Fall of Rome.
The closing lines:
Altogether elsewhere, vast
Herds of reindeer move across
Miles and miles of golden moss,
Silently and very fast.
yes, thats beautiful
DeleteAuden's poem is troubling, haunted by what Tolstoy called the nightmare of history. Then at the end ... the reindeer in their Lapland setting.
DeleteLike you Kylie, Auden would have been very worried by the erosion of wildlife habitats and eco-systems. If he had visited Australia he would have immersed himself in the Dreamtime, the Aboriginal culture and creation myths.