Dancing On The Left Hand Of Reality (repost for D. Lester Young’s question)

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Open Poetry #46

Dancing On The Left Hand Of Reality (repost for D. Lester Young’s question)

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2010-10-01 11:10 AM

Julian told me
poetry is for the faint of heart
to hide behind
when intellect and religion fail,
when nothing else will make it safe
to face the world;

the mystery of rhyme
combined with timing of thought
preoccupies mind,
lyrically distracting the distraught
the terrified,
like sunrise
through a blood red stained glass window;

I understand the concept
but only as an abstract
served up for argument,
like beer and beans with relatives
whose only entertainment
is screaming at each other
when they're drunk;

I don't escape to poetry,
I wear it like a cape
that hangs impatiently
until I have time
to wander on a windy moonlit night,
in search of joy
or pain,
it matters not
as long as together we go
dancing on the left hand of reality.

    ©2003, 2010 by icebox

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2010-10-01 12:31 PM

I'm glad you reposted..I have missed this one somewhere in my searches...

it is always a pleasure to read your thoghtful offerings and to ponder in my own way what they mean to me personally...

enjoy your talent sir..

ngaiobeck
Junior Member

since 2010-09-30

Posts 11
Auberge France

2 posted 2010-10-01 01:37 PM

Wonderful simile.
Intriguing allegory.
Brava!

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2010-10-01 07:58 PM

This is so fitting! I love how you never mix your words.
They are so fresh and so real with no frills attached.

Exceptional poem, Icebox~

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

4 posted 2010-10-01 09:07 PM

I loved this...every single line...and so true...but love how you paint it so vividly and thought provoking...

Thank you
Lee J.

easy1
Senior Member

since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

5 posted 2010-10-01 09:41 PM

This work deserves to be widely read. The final stanza is a worthy manifesto.

D.Lester Young
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1219
Austin, Tx

6 posted 2010-10-02 07:59 AM

You dance with your Uni-Verse of individual insight with the deflection of your words giving inflection to poetry's meaning.

Read this and a "Poetic Abrasion Reflection" took shape.

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

7 posted 2010-10-02 11:56 PM

Baryshnikov!

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

8 posted 2010-10-03 02:54 AM

You do wear your poetry like a cape, Charlie, emblazoned with moon and stars. So befitting a wizard.
Ida

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