Not as good as can be, my fault really. But there is always that one day that needs to be smited by today only, that's all we got. And yeah, "over ripe" is one of those beauties of vaguery in language that open up interpretation!
This hypnotic and hauntingly eloquent spill of words illustrates time's passage, then lands on a note that I interpret as rebirth or the timelessness of the written word.
The variety and deep insight of your collection is astounding.
Thanks Patricia. It's quite satisfying to get feedback about this being about time's passage which is one of several ideas that this poem carries with it. Also loving the thought or rebirth and timelessness of the written word. That is fantastic! /Rik.
Excellent
Gain and flutter are guitar terms...do you yourself play?
The usage of “over ripe” could means several different things left open to interp.
I had fun exploring both contexts!
over-ripe meaning re-worked to the point of thnking to hard and dsiplaying an over worked piece...
i.e. “Stinking of the lamp” an expression coined by over-use of an oil lamp dring an all-nighter.
or over ripe poets, meaning poets in need of a shower and shave...
there are a few that tickle the brain, and keep it from smoothing over.
very well done.
W.
Not as good as can be, my
Not as good as can be, my fault really. But there is always that one day that needs to be smited by today only, that's all we got. And yeah, "over ripe" is one of those beauties of vaguery in language that open up interpretation!
here is poetry that doesn't always conform
galateus, arkayye, arqios,arquious, crypticbard, excalibard, wordweaver
Beautiful poem, and that
Beautiful poem, and that second quatrain will, I am sure, come back to me more than once when I enter that final twilight before homegoing.
Starward
That is quite a connection to
That is quite a connection to have been made, for me it is like the effect of those famous lines:
When You Are Old
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
here is poetry that doesn't always conform
galateus, arkayye, arqios,arquious, crypticbard, excalibard, wordweaver
This hypnotic and hauntingly
This hypnotic and hauntingly eloquent spill of words illustrates time's passage, then lands on a note that I interpret as rebirth or the timelessness of the written word.
The variety and deep insight of your collection is astounding.
Thanks Patricia. It's quite
Thanks Patricia. It's quite satisfying to get feedback about this being about time's passage which is one of several ideas that this poem carries with it. Also loving the thought or rebirth and timelessness of the written word. That is fantastic! /Rik.
here is poetry that doesn't always conform
galateus, arkayye, arqios,arquious, crypticbard, excalibard, wordweaver