by | May 7, 2011 · 12:27 pm
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Leading to by Dorothee Lang

Leading to

A circle. A destination. This day.
The everlasting question: how far is it still?

My expectations. Your silence.
The stones that count down the miles, in red paint.

Another photo of the horizon.
The fact that we are always t(here).

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12 responses to “Leading to by Dorothee Lang”

  1. susan
    May 13, 2011 at 5:37 am

    Beautiful and haunting, the relationship, the journey, the questions. Nice, Dorothee.

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  2. susan tepper
    May 13, 2011 at 11:45 am

    Sadly beautiful and true.

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  3. len kuntz
    May 13, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    that’s like a clinic in poetry. every letter works, and works hard.

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  4. Michelle
    May 13, 2011 at 4:17 pm

    You make every word count, Dorothee! Always there, always here. Indeed. Peace, my friend.

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  5. Christopher
    May 14, 2011 at 3:57 am

    Thoughtful and beautiful. Loved this, Dorothee.

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  6. John Riley
    May 14, 2011 at 5:47 am

    Beautiful. Great close.

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  7. michael j. solender
    May 14, 2011 at 9:43 am

    mysterious and quizzical this puzzle of a piece holds the reader tightly in search of the clue that unlocks it all.. fun write dorothee

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  8. Claire King
    May 14, 2011 at 2:08 pm

    I love this. I found it sad, though.

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  9. Dorothee
    May 14, 2011 at 10:45 pm

    thanks so much for the feedback!!
    i wrote this poem while in Spain, or rather: pieced it together from a page of collected lines, with each line written in another place and mood. i was surprised by the way they clicked together in the sorting i found. i might experiment some more with this approach and format, see what surfaces.

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  10. Robert Vaughan
    May 19, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    I like the explanation you gave here, Dorothee and how it seems, as with this piece, you are constantly toying with collage and form, and how words coalesce or not. I really dig this sculpture-word-artform. I will miss reading your work!

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