Produced by the National Film Board of Canada
(1968)
In the house of maimed desire
he will take your dreams of fire
and melt them into lead;
he will give you dancing girls
and colour nightmares red or
style a snake on your back
so the coiled cylinder moves:
his needle dances with light,
his eyes are heavy and black.
His eyes are smithies of night
forging dreams of fire
in the city's burning groves,
and his house of maimed desire
is the graveyard of your loves.
What is a Canadian
anyway? A mountain, a maple
leaf, a prarie, a Niagara fall,
a trail beside the Atlantic, a
bilingualism, a scarred mosaic,
a yes-no somehow-or-other maybe
might-be should-be could-be
glacial shield, grain elevator,
empire daughter imperial order of
man woman child or what?
poems by Miriam Waddington
18 comments:
What is a Canadian?
Smarter than I am at this point, I think!
:o)
alan
oh come on now, alan, we (Canadians that is) have the monopoly on being self-depricating (sp?) *chuckle*
Them tattoos look wicked!
PJ, girl, are you thinking of getting a tattoo, eh?
It will surely make you look like a devilish Canadian :)
Enid
Hi Enid, nope, no tatoo for this old gal! -- my daughter has vetoed that! -- i did think about getting one about five years ago, and now i have "chickened out", (i don't really like pain)...AND...they are very expensive you know!...no, this was just a photo i saw while perusing through some of my old books, and i was quite intrigued by the photo, which was taken in the 80s, (when only sailors and people like truck drivers and longshoremen and such would be the only people to get tatoos and now everyone and their uncle has one or more...i just thought it was kind of interesting.
...but you know us "develish" Canadians...you never know what we will get up to next, hah hah!
nice to see ya here at my Blog!
OPS, i meant the 60s, not the 80!! - silly me
I've seen my share of tats on inmates in the Michigan Department of Corrections. Perhaps, when they parole, they'll head for Canada.
Good morning dragoflyfilly.......
Thanks for dropping by my blog. Yes it was a very sad day. It was so nice to see a fellow Canadian on the blog....most of the folks I communicate with are from the USA. It's nice that you knew of places that I was talking about. I lived on the mainland for 41 years before moving to the Island.
Enjoyed reading your post. I see that you are an addiction counsellor. You might enjoy taking a look at my blog today. I had no idea that is what u did. I would love to hear your comments on my post.
Have a great day....cheers....
hey jr, uh huh uh huh, yep, maybe they will, given our lax immigration policies no doubt we will welcome them with open arms, hah hah! -- thanks for dropping by.
hello Mary Anne, thanks for dropping by - i tried to leave you a comment a few minutes ago, but due to some engineering difficult was unable to access your comment section, but will check back later.
cheers for now,
pj
I'm sure you can sneak a tattoo past your daughter!
Back from vacation; will write tomorrow.
ok canadians are a maple leaf tattooed to your butt right ?
JIP, hah hah hah hah hah hah hah !!!! yeah! i like that, and i can bet you anything that there IS a Canadian somewhere who has a maple leaf tatoo on his/her butt!
hey el Kapitano, you are back soo soon? -- and no, there is not much i can sneak past her! believe me!
A Canadian is someone who has tim-bits for lunch.
Hi,
Your blog is very poetic in nature, I admire that! (I've glanced at some of your other posts.)
I'm thinking you should go for those kid tattoos that wash off after a month. Shock your daughter, enjoy that for a month, and then when she's finally over it, pretend you never had one.
well, "josie", not THIS Canadian, i have decided to convert to Krispy Kremes, Hah ahahh , no really, KK has become a "tradition" for my daughter and me, something i will only do with her...so maybe once a year we will go there together, to indulge ourselves in this "baddie"
hi there "lahdeedah", thanks for stopping by my Blog, and for the comps. (people often think my blog is whimsical, but if they check out the archives they will see that i do have my serious side) and WHAT A GREAT IDEA, yes, i shall do that, get the washable kind! absolutely!
what a fabulous poem. reminds me of the ancient art of smithcraft...i suppose tattooing is kind of like being a smithy, in some ways, since you're creating something that feels alive, in slightly dangerous or painful circumstances...
hi starfisher; thanks for stopping by my Blog, yes, good assessment of the poem, i had not quite thought of it that way...but is is a great poem i think..."house of maimed desire"...quite nice...
i hope you don't mind, i liked it so much i posted it to my poetry blog (http://sgfisher-poetry.blogspot.com/2006/09/call-them-canadians.html)
starfisher,
no, i don't mind, but i hope you realize that it is not one of mine?
cheers for now,
pj
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