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@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ But a year, in particular, spirals up. It carries embedded within it a certain c
Our years are delineated by the seasons, though, and the count of them is so few, and the duration long enough that we can run up against that first scent of snow late in the autumn and immediately be kicked down one level of the spiral in our memories. What were we doing the last time we smelled that non-scent? What about the time before? Our years are delineated by the seasons, though, and the count of them is so few, and the duration long enough that we can run up against that first scent of snow late in the autumn and immediately be kicked down one level of the spiral in our memories. What were we doing the last time we smelled that non-scent? What about the time before?
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<p>The power of the cyclical nature of the year is of an importance that draws the heart onward<sup id="fnref:spirals"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:spirals">1</a></sup>, and that which moves the heart is fair game for poetry. The demarcations for this cycle are the two solstices, with secondary markers at the equinoxes. One finds oneself at the longest night of the year and knows that, from there onwards, it is downhill into summer.<sup id="fnref:slopes"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:slopes">2</a></sup> One finds oneself at the longest day of the year and before oneself lies cooler times.</p>
<p>The concept of seasons and seasonality is well known within poetry. Exploring that is beyond the scope of this paper.<sup id="fnref:abilities"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:abilities">3</a></sup> To rely on synecdoche is the best one can manage with a topic so large. To that end, it is worth exploring the poetry of Dwale in such a context.</p>
<p>Dwale (1979&ndash;2021; it/its) was a poet living in the Southern United States. As a member of the furry fandom, it presented itself as a &lsquo;cabbolf&rsquo; &mdash; a cat/rabbit/wolf hybrid &mdash; often dressing in a Russian kosovorotka or Middle Eastern shalwar kameez. \parencite{dwale}</p>
<p>Its work is described as focusing on &ldquo;altered states of consciousness&hellip;poverty, addiction, subjectivity, and the transience of existence&rdquo; \parencite{dwale}, though to reduce its body of work to any or all of those provides an inexact picture of its writing. This will be touched on in a future section on translation, but needless to say, this paper will focus on its work through the lens of seasonal progression.</p>
<h2 id="spring">Spring</h2> <h2 id="spring">Spring</h2>
<div class="verse">The seasonal storms have poured upon the grassy flat, <div class="verse">The seasonal storms have poured upon the grassy flat,
The leafless stalks abound like thirsty mouths. The leafless stalks abound like thirsty mouths.
@ -44,12 +48,10 @@ Have marked his hide as there are glinting stars.
At once he feels his lungs become bereft of breath, At once he feels his lungs become bereft of breath,
His daughter nudges him, to no effect. His daughter nudges him, to no effect.
She walks away rememb&rsquo;ring days they stalked the plains, She walks away rememb&rsquo;ring days they stalked the plains,
Within her womb there grows a golden bloom.</div> Within her womb there grows a golden bloom.
<p>(Dwale, pg. 26)</p>
<h3 id="the-poem">The poem</h3> \parencite[26]{leaves}</div>
<h3 id="analysis-and-parallels">Analysis and parallels</h3> <p>Spring is commonly associated with newness. New growth, new life, new warmth under a new sun. </p>
<h3 id="the-song">The song</h3>
<h3 id="in-life">In life</h3>
<h2 id="summer">Summer</h2> <h2 id="summer">Summer</h2>
<div class="verse">Summer, season of hot insomnia, <div class="verse">Summer, season of hot insomnia,
That much never seems to change at all. That much never seems to change at all.
@ -66,10 +68,6 @@ No advent waits for the restive dreamer.
I bandage my tattered, bitten left hand I bandage my tattered, bitten left hand
And shed the smoke rings on my cloven finger.</div> And shed the smoke rings on my cloven finger.</div>
<p>(Dwale, pg. 8)</p> <p>(Dwale, pg. 8)</p>
<h3 id="the-poem_1">The poem</h3>
<h3 id="analysis-and-parallels_1">Analysis and parallels</h3>
<h3 id="the-song_1">The song</h3>
<h3 id="in-life_1">In life</h3>
<h2 id="autumn">Autumn</h2> <h2 id="autumn">Autumn</h2>
<p><em>Face down in the leaves</em></p> <p><em>Face down in the leaves</em></p>
<div class="verse">We crawl through moist humus like millipedes, <div class="verse">We crawl through moist humus like millipedes,
@ -92,10 +90,10 @@ I know your breath, your jasmine-scented air.
Alive, a god to mites and mud-daubers. Alive, a god to mites and mud-daubers.
The harvestmen scuttle and bob onwards.</div> The harvestmen scuttle and bob onwards.</div>
<p>(Dwale, pg. 9)</p> <p>(Dwale, pg. 9)</p>
<h3 id="the-poem_2">The poem</h3> <h3 id="the-poem">The poem</h3>
<h3 id="analysis-and-parallels_2">Analysis and parallels</h3> <h3 id="analysis-and-parallels">Analysis and parallels</h3>
<h3 id="the-song_2">The song</h3> <h3 id="the-song">The song</h3>
<h3 id="in-life_2">In life</h3> <h3 id="in-life">In life</h3>
<h2 id="winter">Winter</h2> <h2 id="winter">Winter</h2>
<p><em>Dirt Garden</em></p> <p><em>Dirt Garden</em></p>
<div class="verse">My garden of foxtails and milk-thistle, <div class="verse">My garden of foxtails and milk-thistle,
@ -113,10 +111,10 @@ Just they and I, with no need of reproof,
And thank the thorns for making a hale fence, And thank the thorns for making a hale fence,
The compost for being my winter blanket.</div> The compost for being my winter blanket.</div>
<p>(Dwale, pg. 5)</p> <p>(Dwale, pg. 5)</p>
<h3 id="the-poem_3">The poem</h3> <h3 id="the-poem_1">The poem</h3>
<h3 id="analysis-and-parallels_3">Analysis and parallels</h3> <h3 id="analysis-and-parallels_1">Analysis and parallels</h3>
<h3 id="the-song_3">The song</h3> <h3 id="the-song_1">The song</h3>
<h3 id="in-life_3">In life</h3> <h3 id="in-life_1">In life</h3>
<h2 id="citations">Citations</h2> <h2 id="citations">Citations</h2>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nv">@book</span><span class="err">{</span><span class="n">dwale</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"></span> <div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nv">@book</span><span class="err">{</span><span class="n">dwale</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">title</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">&quot;Face Down in the Leaves&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">title</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">&quot;Face Down in the Leaves&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"></span>
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<div class="footnote"> <div class="footnote">
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<ol> <ol>
<li id="fn:spirals">
<p>To be more exact, due to the (generally) linear nature of time, years spiral up. Days, of course spiral forward.&#160;<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:spirals" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">&#8617;</a></p>
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<li id="fn:slopes">
<p>I am not sold on this metaphor; uphill bears both positive and negative connotations, and it is difficult to say which to apply when. Ask a poet.&#160;<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:slopes" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">&#8617;</a></p>
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<li id="fn:abilities">
<p>Or perhaps my abilities as an author.&#160;<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:abilities" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">&#8617;</a></p>
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<li id="fn:heisenbugs"> <li id="fn:heisenbugs">
<p>From the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, which, glibly, states that observation influences measurements. A bug that you cannot reproduce when you are watching simply must share some of these attributes, but they never do.&#160;<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:heisenbugs" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">&#8617;</a></p> <p>From the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, which, glibly, states that observation influences measurements. A bug that you cannot reproduce when you are watching simply must share some of these attributes, but they never do.&#160;<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:heisenbugs" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">&#8617;</a></p>
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