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jon1jt
02-07-2006, 05:07 AM
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
imrad
02-07-2006, 04:49 PM
oooooh i like this one.
jon1jt
02-07-2006, 07:20 PM
Thanks friend...much appreciated to have had you stop by and read my work!
sdr4jc
03-07-2006, 02:33 PM
3 in the morning, huh, jon? Maybe I should stay up that late (or get up that early, however you look at it) and see if I'm not struck with brilliance as well!
jon1jt
03-07-2006, 07:53 PM
3am is a beautiful time for romance...and occasionally after, for writing an itty bitty poem. :-)
Riesa
03-09-2006, 09:21 PM
jon1jt, I find the language lovely, and it's fascinating...but I don't pretend to understand it. I'm a dunce....but an interested one, so I'm off to dive into some more of your poetry.
Maybe then, I'll get a clue. :D
jon1jt
03-09-2006, 09:40 PM
This poem was inspired by the philosopher Heidegger. His philosophy of life is actually very simple---he starts from the standpoint that human beings are "thrown into the world." The first paragraph above is about that crossing over of the self from birth to being-in-the-world, which is simply life. At the core of being is the recognition of death, which creates in all of us "angst," which destabilizes the self in knowing one day we will die. This is "death's song." The circle is ultimately the horizon of our perspective, which is limited space within which the mind's eye is willing to let us "see." The "circle conspires to conceal itself" is nature unfolding penetrating that porous horizon, allowing us thereby glimpses into the Divine Life because it is in our power to what extent we want to see, or so the mystics (really naturalists) tell me, and I believe them! I think the best song that gets into this much better than I can ever explain it is that now "old" band Rush and the song is Mystic Rhythms. :-)
Riesa
03-09-2006, 09:46 PM
Thank you for explaining so clearly. Your poem has just been transformed from confusing to dazzling, thank you!
jon1jt
03-09-2006, 10:23 PM
Thank you for explaining so clearly. Your poem has just been transformed from confusing to dazzling, thank you!


Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to read my work---a writer's most precious gift.