Notes About The Poem

a repost from 2007

My Choice Lanterne Sequence

THE WIFE
Of
Mahler,
Gropius
Franz Werfel-
filled life with her
song-
she
gave Klimt
her first kiss-
but like a Strauss
waltz
her
affairs
of the heart--
never lasted
long.


Ekphrasis lanterne re Alma Mahler
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Eslinger Avatar
September 18, 2020 at 10:16 PM
De light ful take on a bookmark innistory. I was listening To Mahler yesterday. Nice story poem. Eager to read more.
Strand Avatar
September 19, 2020 at 12:36 AM
Good,cheers Sally
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