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timepiececlock ([personal profile] timepiececlock) wrote2003-07-03 12:01 am

G.I.P.

Look at the pretty icon [livejournal.com profile] savaa made for me! Isn't she talented?

The words are from "if everything happens that can't be done" by E.E. Cummings. I just thought that line was so Dawnnish. The whole poem's excellent.

She also made me another from a different Cummings poem: at the bottom ::apreciative sigh:: The third one from the bottom is hers too, a slightly older one.

[identity profile] sunlit5.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
shouldn't that be e.e. cummings?

*giggle*
Sun
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[identity profile] rashaka.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
I've seen it done both ways. :)

[identity profile] sunlit5.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
was just teasing hon

[identity profile] bathsweaver.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
I love e. e. cummings, and 'One' has to be one of my favorite poems ever.
Which poem is the second icon from? I love the lines, but I can't recognize it. It works jut wonderfully with Buffy/Spike.

[identity profile] bathsweaver.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
Being a Spike fan, however, I always kinda thought of 'One' as relating more to him than any other character on BtVS. Especially as how, depending on how it's played in Angel, he might have taken Angel's shansu (for the record, I hope it *doesn't* go that way, but who knows?).

You're right, though--'One' works equally as well with Dawn, which I probably wouldn't have seen if you hadn't pointed it out :D

Have a great day!
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[identity profile] rashaka.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
Being a Spike fan, however, I always kinda thought of 'One' as relating more to him than any other character on BtVS.

Er... Are we talking about the poem from the Dawn icon? It's not called "One." It's called "if everything happens that can't be done."

That being said, *pulls out Cummings book* yeah, it could be for Spike too, I suppose. Though more likely for William, in my opinion.

I always kinda thought of 'One' as relating more to him than any other character on BtVS. Especially as how, depending on how it's played in Angel, he might have taken Angel's shansu (for the record, I hope it *doesn't* go that way, but who knows?).

Ok, maybe you got me there. I could see it applying to a newly human Spike. Doesn't really have much to do with Spike as a vampire, but if you're talking about Spike turning human, maybe.

I did uses the last line of the poem-- "We're wonderful one times one"-- in a spuffy icon once. :)

This icon here uses words from his much shorter poem "in spite of everything."

[identity profile] bathsweaver.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
*g*

Yup, I was talking about 'if everything happens' when I said 'One.' Guess for those five seconds I managed to somehow convince myself that there were two titles for that poem, one long, one short. Like how you can either refer to Dickinson's poetry either by first line or by number.
My brain does what it can to enable my laziness, even if that requires making stuff up out of whole cloth ;P

Thanks for the title to the second poem. Looked it up, loved it, though 'if everything happens that can't be done' remains my favorite e.e. cummings poem.

Cheers!
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[identity profile] rashaka.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
My all-time favorite is actually "anyone lived in a pretty how town." The lyrical tone to that, almost ballad-like, realy appeals to me. I have it memorized. :)

Tthough, for Spike & Buffy, I actually fall back on "What if a much of a which of a wind," the words to which I just adore.

[identity profile] bathsweaver.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
::shivers appreciatively::

I love "What if a much of a which of a wind." It's so haunting, so eerie. Kind of a Twilight of the Gods vibe, you know? Love it. You're right, very Buffy/Spike.
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[identity profile] rashaka.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Haunting's a good description. But it's hopeful too. And more than a little mystical/earthy in description. I love how I can pick almost any line and say "That's Spuffy, right there."

[identity profile] bathsweaver.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, poetry rocks. As does the Spuffy. Which is really only appropriate, when you think about it ;)

Take care and good night!