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[wordcarvings]

Koutarou Takao 7/16 near Apprassage

How much poetry about hands is there? Particularly, but not necessarily, in relation to sculpture?

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[thesettingsun]

Keats wrote one, but that one's not sculpture.

This living hand, now warm and capable
Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold
And in the icy silence of the tomb,
So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights
That thou would wish thine own heart dry of blood
So in my veins red life might stream again,
And thou be conscience-calm’d–see here it is–
I hold it towards you.

[wordcarvings]

That is certainly about hands. It’s a nice poem.

[thesettingsun]

It's pretty nice.

Why'd you ask about hands specifically?

[wordcarvings]

It must be.

Letter I received from Retrospec.

[thesettingsun]

Did somebody send you a poem?

[wordcarvings]

According to the letter, it seems like it.

[thesettingsun]

But you didn't get the poem itself. That's a pain...

[wordcarvings]

It is, yes. Which is why I’m asking. I figured that I might remember it if I did.

[thesettingsun]

No luck so far?

[lecturehall]

That's a pretty specific set of requirements.

[wordcarvings]

I’m aware of that.

[lecturehall]

You won't say why?

A South Korean poet named Jin Eun-Young wrote a poem called Long Finger Poem. There's no mention of sculpture, though.

[wordcarvings]

I received a letter from Retrospec that I apparently wrote that mentioned something along those lines.

Is that a poem about someone with long fingers?

[lecturehall]

Sort of. I haven't read it in awhile but I think it was more about how they were the furthest reaching body part? There were a lot of comparisons to branches.

They didn't give you any other clues than "hand", "poem" and "sculpture"? That's obnoxious.

[wordcarvings]

That sounds sort of interesting.

No, not really. I guess so.

[lecturehall]

It was a good poem. Or at least... I remember liking it? Maybe it will help you.

[wordcarvings]

I will have to see if I can find it, then. Is it included in any poetry collections? Do you know?

[liberal_arts]

I can't recall any off the top of my head, but I can see if I can peruse the archives.

[wordcarvings]

You could? That would be nice of you, and very helpful.

[liberal_arts]

I'm guessing this is related to a memory?

[wordcarvings]

Well. Sore of.

[liberal_arts]

Only sort of?

[wordcarvings]

It was mentioned in a letter that I received from Retrospec.

[liberal_arts]

They actually sent you a letter?

I received an honest-to-life sword from them and they didn't even so much as leave a signed card.

[wordcarvings]

No, I think I’m the one who wrote it. It was my handwriting.

[ It was also signed “Koutarou”.... something after. He couldn’t tell the surname, so...It must be different. ]

I don’t think they usually send any notes with weapons.