Beautiful emotion here. I might be repeating myself, but you have this thing to capture moments like this.Originally Posted by PrinceMyshkin
Beautiful emotion here. I might be repeating myself, but you have this thing to capture moments like this.
Ah, what an outstanding poem you've written, Jerry. I'm really carried away by your poem. Keep up your great work!
A man approaches the café
wearing one of those hunter/fisherman vests
with more pockets
then there are things to put in them,
pristine white sneakers,
and spends each footstep
tentatively, as if the ground
might be radio-active
"You must be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi
I love it when you get home and bring me a special treat.
I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.
"If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor
Funny ending!
Hey, where are you? It feels as if you just slipped through my fingers!
These Khassidic women and girls
in the dowdiest of clothes
and with their solemn, long-suffering faces...
Is it not some other form of vanity
to present oneself so unattractively?
"You must be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi
Oh, I couldn't agree more. Makes me think that the Amish are a horse 'n buggy gang.
Another good picture.
I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.
"If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor
Very good snapshot. I agree with your perception. Vanity is a human trait. It presents itself in all cultures regardless of technological proclivity. It is dangerous if it becomes more than playful pride or the other extreme of purposeful disdain for adornment, which, as you point out, is false adornment itself.
I think the cure is to have a nude barn raising.
Ah, you were prompted in this last by the estimable Dona Ampoule's reference to the Amish, which reminded you of that glorious scene in Witness ?
"You must be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi
At the end of the terrace
a scruffy, emaciated guy
in loose green t-shirt,
capris and flip-flops,
his bicycle nearby,
front wheel minus a tire,
tugs at the cigarette he bummed from me
and runs a monologue
either at the air
or at the young woman
at the table between us,
one-third his age,
twice his size,
brimming with physical good health
"You must be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi
I notice N. go by without seeing me,
an older woman I once thought
had her sights on me,
now seemingly fallen in on herself,
4/5 her former height
"You must be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi
There are ample of great poems to read and you have portrayed so many captured moments here in this thread. Thanks a lot for keeping this thread alive. This will be a great poetry book after compilation. Keep up your great work!!!
Over lunch with Hazel
at Maiko Sushi, I fight as hard as I can
to resist her effort to flatten everything
-–including my love-affair with Sweets
--into a cliche
"You must be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi
a young woman,
who makes me think of a jolly stuffed cabbage,
chats animatedly
with her somewhat
dry-looking male companion
Last edited by PrinceMyshkin; 07-20-2008 at 08:10 AM.
I understand that feeling (in my own way).
Sometimes I walk away from discussions feeling like they might have taken my childhood away from my excitement of adulthood, and it's not fair,
they can cry themselves to sleep - just don't take me with you.
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