 Garbo on the Russian Train |
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 Apr 16 16, 13:28
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 Assyrian  Posts: 250 Joined: 1-November 15 Member No.: 5,282 Real Name: richard chase Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Rhapsody  |
At the steps, Greta as Anna, is bundled
into winter fur, an apparition behind steam. She moves down the steps in high spirits, a misplaced dream, or a new one waking. On the snowy platform a Russian woman shakes the movie star loose of her legend; she demands the breath, the pain of Anna, stunning, funny and seductive. ‘Can you do it?’ Garbo, with her eyes, and generous smile, says, ‘oh, yes, I was born to it, my dear.’ In the final frames, back at the train station, she is Anna, enveloped in pain beyond repair. Metal on metal clanging, she enters a dimness her flashing eyes were never suited for. |
  
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Apr 17 16, 08:56
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 Assyrian Posts: 256 Joined: 2-November 15 From: Croydon, Surrey Member No.: 5,284 Real Name: Antony Glaser Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Eira Rhaposdy |
Thank you Richard for sharing your poem. Intrigued about your second last line about dimness. Is the train reference (metal on metal) about entering turmoil either by overly extending herself in the Anna character and being dimmed out in the process or is the railway reference about leaving the film set for real life and not finding life fulfilling aka "I want to be left alone"
There is a song about Greta by Wimple Winch called Greta the legend.It refers to "a light shines in a house a million miles away". I believe this is about the attraction of America from her native Sweden. In this context dimness may point to detachment of expectation ·······  ·······Imagination fires the soul, resolution the longing.
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Apr 17 16, 12:42
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Assyrian Posts: 250 Joined: 1-November 15 Member No.: 5,282 Real Name: richard chase Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Rhapsody |
Greenwich - Metal on metal clanging refers to Anna's suicide at the end by jumping in front of an oncoming train, "dimness" is a euphemism for that death. R
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Apr 18 16, 03:35
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 Ornate Oracle  Posts: 8,887 Joined: 27-August 04 From: Bariloche, Argentine Patagonia Member No.: 78 Real Name: Sylvia Evelyn Maclagan Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:David Ting |
QUOTE (Psyche @ Apr 18 16, 05:31 )  Yes, I read your poem, Richard, and realised it was about Anna Karenina. I didn't know Garbo had played that role, I suppose it was in an older version. I saw a newer version with other actors. Enjoyed it...if that's the right word. Also read the book. I'm catching up with many classics that I missed in my younger days, especially the Russian and French ones. As I said before, I'll return. G'nite, Syl  QUOTE (RC James @ Apr 17 16, 14:42 ) Greenwich - Metal on metal clanging refers to Anna's suicide at the end by jumping in front of an oncoming train, "dimness" is a euphemism for that death. R ······· ·······Mis temas favoritos
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