Spied on the N train, 5:47 pm, November 9, 2007:
"If there is something to desire"
If there is something to desire,
there will be something to regret.
If there is something to regret,
there will be something to recall.
If there is something to recall,
there was nothing to regret.
If there was nothing to regret,
there was nothing to desire.
--Vera Pavlova
(b. 1963)
Translated from the Russian by Steven Seymour
Welcome back! You were missed! :->
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dad.... and you were visitor # 33,333! Sorry, no prize.
ReplyDeleteI saw that poem on the N train today! It really struck me.
ReplyDeletei saw this poem on the 4 train today its beautiful im putting it on oh-my-myspace! lol
ReplyDeletesaw it on the D. thanks for putting it up, thought i wouldnt see it again. great poem [going on facebook]
ReplyDeleteSaw this on the E this morning arnd 7:45...was half-asleep & recalling the events from the night before thinking "i shouldn't have"...& then i read this...i woke up, i smiled and suddenly the morning wasn't so bad.
ReplyDeleteThat poem has been just killing me for ages. Thanks for putting it up here.
ReplyDeletesaw it on the 7 today. Awesome , haven't introspected this much in quite a while.
ReplyDeletei've seen it a few times, i like the poetry in motion banners
ReplyDeletebut
as i read it again today, it's kind of hard to critique this one
it emp's on desire, regret and recal and the negates them, any coment?