Hey Jonathan, for our poetry get together on the 14th of January, if you have something you're working on that you want to share and/or get comments on that would be good. Or we can talk in general about poetry, our sources of inspiration, your overall philosophy on poetry etc.
I think for this first get together I'd like to listen and learn. As you know from my writing, I'm poetic without being a poet. But I do dally in poems and I've not found a "voice" or whatever it is. But here's a thing I've written in poem form...(The ---- are for the stanzas which don't seem to be formatting here).
After Pandora opened the jar/box loosing all manner of ills upon the world, she managed to close it, trapping the spirit of Hope inside.
In the poem, I chose to place a mirror in the box so if mankind once again dared to open it believing it would find Hope, all it would discover is a reflection of itself, the origin of both good and evil.
I think that is a very interesting poem, loaded with stuff from stem to stern. I have asked everyone who would like, to submit something, a poem, they would like to get looked at. Knowing we are keeping this to an hour or thereabouts, I'm going to pick one that I think we can handle in that time. I hope that's a decent answer. I do want everyone of us to spend a couple minutes for an intro of ourselves and maybe what we think are the most important aspects of a poem. That's the plan.
Powerful. Because the dimensions of the box can change - another trap - and a thought can split it wide open, spilling out more than you’re ready for.
All very true. Pandora is a fickle muse because she is so unpredictable.
These are her terms.
Trust don’t begin to cover it.
Belief and faith make a start.
Hope sees me through.
Wonderful stuff as usual Wes. I’m going to ponder this awhile
Thank you Jonathan, I appreciate your comments.
Hey Jonathan, for our poetry get together on the 14th of January, if you have something you're working on that you want to share and/or get comments on that would be good. Or we can talk in general about poetry, our sources of inspiration, your overall philosophy on poetry etc.
I think for this first get together I'd like to listen and learn. As you know from my writing, I'm poetic without being a poet. But I do dally in poems and I've not found a "voice" or whatever it is. But here's a thing I've written in poem form...(The ---- are for the stanzas which don't seem to be formatting here).
“I know,” said he
And with scant words
bundled up all majesty
setting forth
a petty train
of swaggered meaning
upon the rigid
tracks of men
------
Sublime landscapes
of hallowed ground
so triumphantly
extinguished
Our simplicities
masquerade unbound
across a universe
diminished
-----
Behind his words
That prance
and preen
Comes a yearning
from within
As wisdom of
the heart remains
unheard
unseen
flapping in the wind
-----
“I don’t know,” said she
Holding fast
to burning mystery
a sumptuous
unburdening
Gracious ambiguity
Far from
the rigid
tracks of men
-----
Longing
for those days
long gone
as empty waves
roll on
something ancient wrestles
within the forlorn soul
Come forth
Come forth
Come silently
and fill these hollow vessels
-----
Behind her words
So brave
So lean
comes a yearning
from within
As wisdom of
the heart remains
unheard
unseen
flapping in the wind
Brilliant, Wes!
After Pandora opened the jar/box loosing all manner of ills upon the world, she managed to close it, trapping the spirit of Hope inside.
In the poem, I chose to place a mirror in the box so if mankind once again dared to open it believing it would find Hope, all it would discover is a reflection of itself, the origin of both good and evil.
P.S. I cut to the chase and left out Prometheus.
I think that is a very interesting poem, loaded with stuff from stem to stern. I have asked everyone who would like, to submit something, a poem, they would like to get looked at. Knowing we are keeping this to an hour or thereabouts, I'm going to pick one that I think we can handle in that time. I hope that's a decent answer. I do want everyone of us to spend a couple minutes for an intro of ourselves and maybe what we think are the most important aspects of a poem. That's the plan.
Great poetry sparks great poetry.
Very true Stan and thanks.
Love Pandora's lip.
She is clearly a sassy wench.