{"id":1669,"date":"2012-09-27T07:10:14","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T20:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1669"},"modified":"2012-09-27T07:12:13","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T20:12:13","slug":"we-are-all-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1669","title":{"rendered":"we are all prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/prisoner.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1670\" title=\"prisoner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/prisoner-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/prisoner-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/prisoner.jpeg 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--[if IE 7]>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\">@import url(\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/css\/embed-ie7.css\");<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if IE 8]>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\">@import url(\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/css\/embed-ie8.css\");<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaplayer.yahoo.com\/js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/js\/ef.ymp.utilities.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n<script src=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/js\/ef.ymp.trackSeek.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar YMPParams = {defaultalbumart:'http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/images\/default-cover.jpg'};\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"dig-track\" title=\"dig.ccmixter embedded track selection\">\n<ul class=\"dig-action\">\n<li><a class=\"dig-info-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/dig?ids=39203&amp;dig-pane=info\"><span>Info<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/ccmixter.org\/content\/Vidian\/Vidian_-_Atlas.mp3\">Atlas<\/a><span class=\"dig-creator\">\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/dig?user=Vidian\">Vidian<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"dig-license\"><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/images\/by-nc.png\" alt=\"Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) Creative Commons License\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"dig-logo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/images\/embed-logo.jpg\" alt=\"dig.ccmixter 'You already have permission\u2026'\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"dig-logo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"dig-logo\">Gazing at an unfinished sculpture by Michelangelo can\u2019t help but make you think of what-ifs and untapped potential\u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"dig-logo\">Vidian&#8217;s remix of my poem The Prisoner. As well as the audio poem, he&#8217;s managed to skillfully incorporate a whole lot of samples of my shakuhachi, ukulele and harmonica, for which I thank him.<\/div>\n<div class=\"dig-logo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"dig-logo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"dig-logo\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>The Prisoner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Galleria d&#8217;Accademie, Firenz<\/em>e<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>March, 2003<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>just steps from David &#8216;s perfect form<\/p>\n<p>humanity\u2019s epitome \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 determined\u00a0 gaze<\/p>\n<p>tendonned hands\u00a0 and \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 muscled flesh<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it stands<\/p>\n<p>love&#8217;s labor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lost.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>five hundred years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 unfinished still<\/p>\n<p>roughhewn\u00a0 by Michelangelo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Atlas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>pressing upward powerfully<\/p>\n<p>outwardly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 forever\u00a0 doomed<\/p>\n<p>faceless white translucent flesh<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>eternity denies parole<\/p>\n<p>incarcerated\u00a0 in <em>Carrara<\/em><\/p>\n<p>halflife\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 halfdeath<\/p>\n<p>halfchiselled \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0marble<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>as David<\/p>\n<p>we aspire to perfection<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>but most of us<\/p>\n<p>locked potential \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 prisoners<\/p>\n<p>bearing world\u2019s weight \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on rough shoulders<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>are Atlas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 rob walker.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>sparrow in an airport<\/em><\/strong>\/ New Poets Ten, Friendly Street, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>ISBN 1 86254 670 3<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(if you haven&#8217;t worked it out already, click on &#8220;Atlas&#8221; at the top to hear the composition.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Info Atlas\u00a0by\u00a0Vidian Gazing at an unfinished sculpture by Michelangelo can\u2019t help but make you think of what-ifs and untapped potential\u2026 Vidian&#8217;s remix of my poem The Prisoner. 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