alan rickman




marianne's days and nights

 

brandon would never be willoughby

never pretended that he could be

knew she would never love him that way

when they made love he knew she would

be thinking of him, he seemed selfless

but who knew what he thought

and what of her, letting herself fall in love

with the one whose passions ran deep

but cold, after knowing what the other

could be, was, briefly, that kind of passion

couldn't come with reason, and brandon

was nothing if not reasonable—two men

one woman, no one one wins, each

dreams and wakes, dreams and wakes

 





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Written on 2016-01-15 at 04:47

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Nancy Sikora
"that kind of passion couldn't come with reason..." yeah, that.

Wonderful poem. Even though I haven't seen much with Alan Rickman, I recognize his allure and talent.
2016-01-16


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
I didn't know the story behind this. It didn't matter. It is a very good poem.
2016-01-16


Rob Graber
Curious about the dedication, I googled this. For others who might not know, Alan Rickman, famous now as Professor Snape in the Harry Potter books and movies, played Colonel Brandon in the 1995 version of Jane Austen's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/colonel-brandon-alan-rickman-in-sense-and-sensibility-was-one-of-his-best-performances-a6812306.html
2016-01-15



A lovely tribute to a giant talent in your inimitable style and compassion. Those dangerous liaisons so tempting and so tragic.
I will have to say this one us your best, even though I have said it before. You just keep getting better . Love this and your style.
Ashe+
2016-01-15



I really enjoyed this. I like the how the uncapitalized, stream-of-consciousness quality of it works as an undercurrent to the formal, narrative style of Jane Austen. I love "no one wins, each dreams and wakes, dreams and wakes," which could stand alone as a vague but universal description of the pace and texture of life, thoughts, and emotions in general. You are too pessimistic though. Marianne (or marianne) doesn't care a fig about willoughby, who is a shallow nitwit anyway, she is just a dramatic personality. She will become aware of this after a few years I think, at which time, brandon will probably be dead, because he is rather ancient, and then she'll have something new to brood gothically over.
2016-01-15