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At Lake Constance
"Viktor's strange way of life inspired the great poetess who resided in one of the best situated of the lakeside castles to write a symbolic poem, though not all who know and love the poem, are informed about how it came to be written, or would believe if told."
---Robert Aickman, "Niemandwasser"
Look to that castle, tall upon the shore
that fronts upon the lake's placidity.
From there issues profoundest poetry,
adorned in most amazing metaphor
and also most compelling simile.
Although the world may scoff with giggling doubt,
not knowing what those verses are about,
those who have known and loved the poems agree
that in this penetralia, eaxh soul
finds terms both cognizant and beautiful:
like this, the latest, woven in smooth rhyme---
in elegaic form, a lover's story,
a subtle and symbolic allegory
set on the shore of life, the lake of time.
Starward
[jlc]
