Etymology

[PrinceMyshkin]

Beauty begins
in the spin of a word,
the ricochet of vowel
against consonant.

There is joy
in some words, the howl
of an abandoned god
in others.

[blank|verse]

Wonderful! If you wanted to know the meaning of the word 'poetry', you could do a lot worse than read this definition.

And four more stanzas developing this theme and seeing where it takes you / us would make it even better!

I like it when you rhyme.

[Hawkman]

Let there be beauty in reflections
and joy from ripples in the ether.
Surf on the soundwaves carrying the howl
of a folorn and tortured vowel.
Then let them all say thank you
as they hand you a towel
to mop the sweat of creation from your brow.

H

[Hayseed Huck]

"the howl of an abandoned God'

is so good it must be preserved and used again--
like old Mason jars, once full of pickled beets,
now almost bursting with strawberry jam.

HH

[PrinceMyshkin]

Thank you, Blank|verse, HayseedHuck and, most assuredly, Hawkman, for this lovely tribute:


Let there be beauty in reflections
and joy from ripples in the ether.
Surf on the soundwaves carrying the howl
of a folorn and tortured vowel.
Then let them all say thank you
as they hand you a towel
to mop the sweat of creation from your brow.

H

[hack]

It is very good, My Prince.
I like the way words roll in
your mind. The title is perfect.
I don't know if the allusion to
Ginsberg was intentional, but
it seems prominent in the look
of the poem...peace...

[Revolte]

Hurray. I loved this, mucho, Prince.

[PrinceMyshkin]

Thank you, Revolte & Hack. To the latter, no, my use of "howl" had no intent to evoke the Ginzberg poem; it's just that certain words have been sort of patented by certain writers, e.g. "daffodils"=Wordsworth; "April"=Eliot; a "red wheelbarrow"=Wm C. Williams; "be" + any number of other words=Shakespeare.

[breathtest]

'the howl of an abandoned god'. I'm sure most people would pick this out as their favourite line. It seems that usually it will be a person howling because they feel god has abandoned them. But i love the swift turnaround here. A really great image.

[hillwalker]

So much substance in so few words - a very skillful poem.

H

[symphony]

Why do I love this poem so damned much?!

I want to spin this one around my fingers and stare at it admiringly and lovingly and play with it.

[lallison]

Spoken like a true poetry teacher!

[shortstoryfan]

Oh, this is just very nice.

[Virgil]

Very nice Prince. I'm not sure you could add a syllable to improve it. :)

[blazeofglory]

So much goes said here that went unarticulated in many protracted poetic masterpieces. Beauty is a fusion of things, a blend of symmetrical and unsymmetrical. What not can one come upon a piece of something wit the spin of words. Beauty manifested itself in this poem. I cannot help stunning myself by reading this piece

[PrinceMyshkin]

Shortstoryfan, Virgil, Symphony, lallison, hillwalker, breathtest, blazeofglory:

Many, many thanks to all of you!!