Names & Things [Day 34]
Names & Things
original poetry
I.
Sometimes things
appear opaque
like a pretty person's face
or a blank page
but if you look closer
you'll see specks
start to realize
everything is mottled
with dust
freckles
flecks of detritus.
II.
Sometimes names
summon more — sometimes less.
packets of essence,
prepackaged.
In the staticky distortion
destiny sings softly;
in the peculiar triangle of eyes and lips
cymatics scream
sand on the plate
into coherent shapes:
They interlock.
Written by
@d-pend
4/9/18
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Art by
Alex Ruiz
.1 — "CTN Demo" [cropped]
2 — "Sci Fi Abstract"
3 — "Environment Design 1"
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We are a infinitely number of beings in the eyes of others ... beauty is in the eye of the beholder is the expression. Your poem however brought this expression up to the poetic stratosphere ... now excuse me while I go and exfoliate:) Seriously though ...great poem:)
The stratosphere, eh? Your words buoy me there @prydefoltz :-D
:)
The microscopic and the metaphysical - call the Nobel committee, I think we have our Grand Unified Theory ;)
Excellent work mate, I love how many of your poems border that fine line between the conceptual and the relatable. This phrase in particular has so much to say about language as structure, about the nature of names, about our personal relationship to them;
Great stuff!
Simple and beautiful!
I like the style it goes with the message of the poem, as lines interlock.
Great art work too
Your works batter my head with the cudgel called imagery.
Trying not to feel but know could hit one with dysentery..
Simplicity is a mantra you ve been following
Sorry but I think these skills need borrowing!
I realise, philosophy and fragments of physics are your tool to express yourself in your poems.
Indeed all creation is made out of fractals, which are again unity of smaller fractals :) In each fractal you can recognise the whole universe, yogis are claiming.
Really like that first stanza.
It stands all by itself, doesn't it? I didn't know there was more until I scrolled down. I almost want to hear music behind the spoken word.
Thanks. I thought it was a pretty complete idea in and of itself, but I decided to extend it out @wmbakester :-)
This is simplest poem i have read from you.. Beautiful..
Thank you @nmalove!
Very beautiful are words from the soul ,honest words , simple but with a strong message . I really like your post
Very true poem . Thanks friend
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