- Collection:
- LGBTQ Collection
- Title:
- James Broughton, "The Coming of the Godbody," poem (6 stanzas, 24 lines), California, 1980s? (1 leaf)
- Creator:
- Broughton, James, 1913-1999
- Contributor to Resource:
- Abbott, Franklin
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1980/1989
- Subject:
- Poets--Correspondence
Gay authors--Correspondence - Location:
- United States, California, 37.25022, -119.75126
- Medium:
- poems
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Typescript mailed to Franklin Abbott (Atlanta, Georgia). Poem has separated from envelope. Text: The Coming of the Godbody // I saw the Rhythm of the World rise out of the sea / I saw the waves roll back the sands overturn / the breathing of the tides become a swimmer dancing / I saw the Godbody come ashore on the Coast of Miwok // I had gone to the oceanside in despair of earth / despairing of the men who rule and set the rules / men afraid to trust afraid to be loving / but quick to abuse condemn and slaughter // Then I saw the Swimming Dancer leap upon the sand / rippling everything in the wind of his motion / The cliff the tree the cloud the Mountain / all pulsed in harmony with the flow of his running // I ran after him ran toward his wide-reaching arms / Swept into his embrace I bumped into a multitude / Heroes brutes and slaves the busy lovers of mortality / all jiggled or lagged there in his stumbling train // Keep in step! he cried Keep in step with the cosmos / On your toes is the secret of the whole ballet! / I am your choreographer from before the beginning / your star performer till the end of tempo // When he had swept away and left me swaying behind him / I knew he was the body containing all bodies / On Coast of Miwok I had met my dancing master / And the music of his dance makes the singing of of [sic] my days.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/lgbtq/id/4958
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/lgbtq:4958/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Q108-M004, Franklin Abbott papers, Q108, Archives for Research on Women and Gender, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Original Collection:
- Franklin Abbott Papers
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1492
Archives for Research on Women and Gender - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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