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Got a haircut today.

Also, got a call that my ordered copy of Collected Poems 1912-1944 by Hilda Doolittle was in at Borders, so I picked that up. (She is one of my favorite poets, ever since I first read her poem Euridyce back in sixth grade in the anthology The Voice That Is Great Within Us. For years I've been looking for a book of her poetry. Despite the fact that they've been published over the years, I've never been able to find one until maybe a week ago.)

I've read as much of her poetry as I've been able to find on the web, and knew that she took a LOT of inspiration from things Hellenic, but never realized that a majority of her poetry was written on Hellenic subjects.

There are some amazing ones on Apollo. I intend to post them here, but they're long. For the moment I will leave you with a couple of quoted fragments:

from Projector II:

This is his gift;
light
light that sears and breaks
us
from old doubts
and fears
and lassitudes

from Delphi:

when the note of the flue
calls to dance,
you will walk
drunk but not
with that mixed wine;
his tune is his own;
in his, not in your time,
ecstasy will betray you;
if he cares,
he will flay;
if he loves,
he will slay you.