a small night music disarray

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small night music

 

 

 

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patriciajj's picture

What Starward said, plus my

What Starward said, plus my greatest respect for your stylistic prowess. The way you snatched the human experience and enshrined it in a minimum of timeless, impeccable words and with uncommon, poetic sleight of hand . . . miraculous. Stunning.

 

Cue the applause. 

 

redbrick's picture

The concept of enshrining the

The concept of enshrining the breadth and depth and scope of the human experience is an exciting adventure and challenge which when explored through poetry brings so much reward and satisfaction. Thanks Ms Patricia. I am most grateful for your kind appraisal.


here is poetry that doesn't always conform

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S74RW4RD's picture

In the final stanza, the

In the final stanza, the first two lines are among the most poignant I have ever read, in half a century of reading Poetry.  Your lines are every bit as excellent as anything Wallace Stevens ever wrote in a similar mood.


Your title also made me think of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nacthmusik.


Starward

redbrick's picture

My thanks to you Starward;

My thanks to you Starward; that image of sweater in contrast with a seasonal allusion was hoped to portray how love can sometimes be. And yes, that title was inspired by Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, which I was hopeful would be another contrast for texture in its reading.


here is poetry that doesn't always conform

galateus, arkayye, arqios,arquious, crypticbard, excalibard, wordweaver