Open Poetry #38 |
Truth Song |
Martie
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Truth Song It comes to me over waves of bright light and wisdom and a hush within the mighty ground even thunder knows. It calls the grand tree with red bark like a woman feels and the decay and wilt of time lifts head. It is air come heat and the long hard pull of night so quiet in creep that a dream becomes real. What is its name child? Is it the grand before beginning when a current was born now so raging that it weaves destiny into just one scream? |
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the quell Member
since 2006-07-19
Posts 144Liverpool, UK |
beautiful and profound. Gorgeous imagery, and a real air of mysticism. |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You make me want to delve into some quicksand of lifegone to pull out bones that would make history complete. We are on an exploration of knowledge... and may your glass of pour never be filled... so that the search will never end. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
You possess such amazing writing talent!! Hugs to you sweet lady. Nancy For it was not into my ear you whispered |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
Martie, I will (sadly) never in my life be able to write like you...you're one of a kind lady |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
You are terrific Martie - what talent you have!!! Paul |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MartieSis~ Blessed am I to hear your song~ You rock me to my poetic core~ This ... this ... is Martiesque~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
I think you know its name....in truth, you do. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Goldenrose Member Elite
since 2003-05-30
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it is always so nice to be able to read your work Martie, i am always humbled by your thought waves and this is one of those times again..oh and i am the same as Dixie...thank you for this flower lady.. Goldenrose. |
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Brian James Member
since 2005-06-26
Posts 147Winnipeg |
I think one of the things that makes poems like this so effective is the attention to detail. One of the elements of your style that I enjoy is your willingness to omit words that seem as though they should be included, but for some reason aren't. The first line starts us off in that way, "it comes to me over the waves" (which is what I think I was anticipating) becomes "it comes to me over waves," and the next line (after the obligatory mid-line pause) goes on to reorient me properly. Quite the experience, that one---there's always a little more explaining to do. quote:Here, there's that ambiguity---it could have been "lifts its head" but now, I'm not sure whose head is lifting. I'm starting to think "lifts head" might have just been a creative way of saying "becomes awake," or it could have been something that roused you into a state of awareness. In each of these two cases what's so special is that your image is without any particular place, though it is very real. Your creativity terrifies me. I have guesses as to what this mysterious little poem is about, but I think I don't want to try guessing, because nobody else has. The sudden scream is the real boggler, especially since it doesn't carry any of the connotations we usually associate with screaming by the time your poem is up---we're only told there is turmoil, but that it is quite natural (something nature recognizes). quote:This stanza is magical. It gave me chills. Thanks for all the poetry, as always. Brian "To me, the thing that art does for life is to clean it, to strip it to form." |
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Martie
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Brian...birth usually happens with a scream...a mixture of joy and pain...and with each birth is born the truth of that life. |
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Brian James Member
since 2005-06-26
Posts 147Winnipeg |
Martie, I did guess what it was about. Now I think maybe it was too obvious, but I didn't want to assume anything and risk embarassing myself. You did this perfectly, of course. "To me, the thing that art does for life is to clean it, to strip it to form." |
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