Weary Muse

[Alexander III]

My eyes are white with a speck of brown

[Jesterhead]

You carry out your imagery with grace, I liked this piece. I got confused because the imagery from verse one to verse two changes drastically and two very separate pictures is displayed in this poem. First you tell about a vagabond left in the streets of Paris by a lack of concern from his master maybe?

Then you write about indians with smokey green eagles infusing warriors, and you need this smoke which is stolen by a witch?

[hillwalker]

I love the 'warped mirrors' phrase in the last line - and in a way this reads like it
was composed while the writer was gazing into those very mirrors.

It's a complex, convoluted piece - which should not be taken too literally. Where do we find our individual muse? What motivates us or inspires us to write? Everyone has their own answer - and the most frightening thing, of course, as this poem highlights is when she goes missing.

Horribly clever stuff.....

[PrinceMyshkin]

A wonderful illustration to me of my belief that at its best, poetry is a form of play - exalted play. There is a wonderful marriage here of freedom and discipline. Bravo!

[Amylian]

I loved the alliteration in this imagery

“Blanket of bright beauty”

Also, I find the shift between two sittings quite tricky and at the same time I get the feeling they are correlated to one particular theme in a way...!!!

[qimissung]

This is my favorite line: "The pig bellied witch, dreams with her naked face"

Lots of lovely, rich imagery.

[MorpheusSandman]

Quite interesting, Alex. As opposed to your previous poem I CAN feel the links in this one; the idea that it's so easy to lose that mystical muse (or for her to leave) us in our civilized state of modernity while others (like the Indians and the witch) seem forever in tuned to her. At least, that's what I got out of it.

[Alexander III]

Just gonna give this a bump

[Buh4Bee]

The imagery is quite powerful. It seems to be somewhat of a personal piece about loss. I would agree that it is complex and that it leaves the reader quite a lot of room to interpret its meaning freely.

I encourage you to continue writing.

[jaguar12345]

Another wonderful piece. The sudden shift of setting, the authentic imagery, it's so surreal.