Re: Anecdotes
Posted: 05 Nov 2015, 16:00
We signal Private Poorwill, when morning starts to loom:
"Pull up from your dive!"
till we hear the telltale Boom,
too soon-
hotdogging loon, caught there
like a shard of mirror in the moon!
I love how Joanna's lyrics take on meaning for me over time bit by bit. Until now the final line in this stanza carried no meaning to me. It sounded kind of nice but was a throw away to me. If any image at all came to my mind it was a ridiculous one of a shard of mirror literally wedged into the moon, stabbing it!
Now I see that its meant to evoke something invisible like a mirror in darkness, suddenly tilting to catch the light of the moon and becoming strikingly visible. It fits the preceding narrative of Private Poorwill perfectly and what has been said by others about the ability of nightjars to remain unseen. And it is such a beautiful image.
"Pull up from your dive!"
till we hear the telltale Boom,
too soon-
hotdogging loon, caught there
like a shard of mirror in the moon!
I love how Joanna's lyrics take on meaning for me over time bit by bit. Until now the final line in this stanza carried no meaning to me. It sounded kind of nice but was a throw away to me. If any image at all came to my mind it was a ridiculous one of a shard of mirror literally wedged into the moon, stabbing it!
Now I see that its meant to evoke something invisible like a mirror in darkness, suddenly tilting to catch the light of the moon and becoming strikingly visible. It fits the preceding narrative of Private Poorwill perfectly and what has been said by others about the ability of nightjars to remain unseen. And it is such a beautiful image.