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WHELMED
The night whelmed with gratitude
nocturnal air filled with emotions
his heart sang like a nightingale
the songs of his heart emoted
sent upon waves of sensuous air
dreams turned serendipitously
into realities of spontaneous joy
stars winked in recognition
the effulgence of the moon
shared his unmitigated delight
laughed a hearty laugh.
The lack of punctuation for
The lack of punctuation for all the lines but the final one, and the lack of connectors, actually work to the advantage of this poem by giving it a forward motion which underscores the various processes going on in the poem's description of them. Though brief, this is a very athletic poem.
Starward
You are right.
The form was purposeful. It forms a stream of consciousness that allows emotions to flow freely.
Thank you. Despite my
Thank you. Despite my attempted adherence to grammatical punctuation (others can decide if I succeeded), I have always enjoyed the very forward flow---and sometimes the rush---of Molly's soliloquy in the last chapter of Joyce's novel, Ulysses. Although an absence, it makes Molly more of a presence, especially that final sentence.
Starward