»
Archives
»
Open Poetry #22
»
Excerpt from “To a Poet” – 4
| Open Poetry #22 |
|
Excerpt from “To a Poet” – 4 |
|
|
Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
|
Excerpt from “To a Poet” – 4 You continue to ask “why” a poet writes, and yes, yes, I will get to that, as one fine poet says, “soon”, but for now, now we will discuss, When. For when to write is almost as precariously precious as our reasons why we write, oftentimes going hand in hand, certainly one not existing without the other, when, why, why, when… and the when of times will come upon us at the most inconvenient of times, when we are without pad pen napkins backs of envelopes pencils and we fall short of drawing our own blood to write upon our own skin, except in unbalanced thought, but our hands are too full of what we are doing [or we would have found the accoutrements so required] so with the beating of that very blood banging in our eardrums over the tense of Now! Now! Write me Now! Oh! We grasp at that elusive word, just the one word that will bring it all back once we reach our destination, if not our destiny, holding on to it and milking it, tasting it in our mouth, rolling it over and over like a mantra, that one word that will bring forth from the depths of the well of us all that would pour forth and nourish any reader who is desiccated and waiting, like a sponge thrown from the sea and beached, dried brittle by the harsh sun and sucked dry from the sands below, and then like the mighty return of the wave in the dark of night, having snuck back up the shoreline toward the pier, we crash upon the sponge/paper and let it drink in all that it waited for… for this is the when that comes upon us, the when of our write, and like the sponge we swell with relief as the words pour forth, and we ebb and flow with the tide of words in this when of now! Now comes elusively, and our muses are named, graciously, that we bid them, good eve, come sit beside me, stroke my brow and knead my shoulders, and lend to my fingertips that taste of salt, and sand, and sea air… that the gull should fly, now, that the fog should come in, now, that this should be the when, now, and bid me write. |
||
| © Copyright 2002 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved | |||
|
the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
I love it Cold hands means a warm heart |
||
Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  (smiles) Oh my gosh, this is wonderful, this reminded me of a quoe by the poet Carl Sandburg, "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.". How nice it would be indeed to wake up in the morning and smell that coffee and smell those biscuis and have that morning muse get to you that only pollinates on with magic when you step out that screen door and smell the flowers, the salt in the beach air, everything, then you hear that drum pound in your ear and soak up all the sunshine and sweat and tears and colors knowing, "Yes, I am poetry!" (smiles) This is marvelous, sweet friend, I LOVE IT, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Karilea, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." Shakira [This message has been edited by Mistletoe Angel (09-25-2002 09:00 PM).] |
||
|
Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Only a poet could appreciate this wonderful descrition of the urge to write. Well done And fun to read Thanks, my friend Liz |
||
|
bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Wow! I ...... Don't know what to say to do this justice. Thank you thank you thank you. (for writin' it all down) |
||
|
Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
And I know that perhaps this is exactly the way it happens....yes....of course. Excellent write! ~Hugs~ ~ Time has cast a spell on you |
||
|
Kielo Senior Member
since 2002-02-11
Posts 1109 |
Exactly! So incredibly true! LOL |
||
|
Bridget Shenachie Senior Member
since 2002-01-23
Posts 1056Kansas USA |
 Shenachie |
||
Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
(smiling) Introspective and inspirational... as with most all the things you write the underlying truths are there for us all to see and learn from.. wonderful works my friend |
||
|
Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Well, you've done something (yet again!) that you should be extremely proud of dear poetess. Thank you for putting into words what so many of us, who struggle with pen and paper, experience---the primal urge to write--to express our thoughts and feelings, record events, describe the world around us.... Please don't say this is the end of your series! I want to read on---and don't you feel the primal urge to write on?!? hehe Thank you once more! Linda |
||
|
NewEnglandlazurlu Member Rara Avis
since 2002-01-04
Posts 7470A Mountain Paradise |
Oh Karilea, how much I can relate to this urge that sometimes becomes unbearable. And at my age, with no paper, pen or computer, I cannot always remember that prize winning poem. Short term memory going. :-) The struggle to recall that one word that will bring it all back, can be torturous. Or equally distressing, waking in the middle of the night and writing something that at 2 a.m. seems nothing short of brilliant only to be read in the daylight and is dreadful. Ah, the life of a writer. Thank you for penning what many of us feel but did not express. Hugs, Marti [This message has been edited by NewEnglandlazurlu (09-26-2002 03:00 PM).] |
||
|
Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Sunshine - yes indeed, I believe you have found out the answers... BC |
||
|
vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
yes nice |
||
|
Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
So true~I was busy pricing things for a tag sale, and felt "it come" so ran inside and literally posted it and up it went. I have been known to write words on my thumb to save for later. Karilea, you have given the why, and the way to young writers, well done! Howdy Neighbour |
||
|
Kielo Senior Member
since 2002-02-11
Posts 1109 |
 *points up at previous post* |
||
|
|
⇧ top of page ⇧ |
|
| All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format. | ||
