Screaming and crying...

[Paul Mackin]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Mark Kohut<markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Robin shouted out:
> Okay German listers: is "schriee" scream or cry? 'Cause it sounds like "Who, if I screamed. . ." to me. Educate me.
>
> I could not wait for our German friends to get back on the list......so, here's Babelfish:
>
> GR: " Ein Schreien stößt auf das Sky" zufällig;
>
> Rilke: Wer, wenn Ich schriee
>
> YES!............That compact allusive resonance from the opening line.....
>
> The man's a poet in the fullest-length poems since Milton---and beyond..................


It occurs to me that a  scream doesn't necessarily have to be HEARD
but can be SEEN (as in that famous Muinch "The Scream.")

In those days, and also later,  and calling on poetic license to
exaggerate a little, the very LOOK of an open sky might evoke terror
in a fearful populace.

In any case, the answer to the question--who would hear me?-- could be
the people on the ground.

P