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eyes of wild abandon
I love you as if I owned the stars.
a thought such as that is like a wild horse,
& we wonder if it can be wrangled into a poem.
is there a place where love does not die in a dream?
we, who are so full of romance, it makes us quiver,
we long to discover that place, & be transported there;
because, as Cummings envisioned, it is somewhere
we have never travelled.
Paul Valery said a poem is never finished, only abandoned,
& da Vinci said the same of art. I place ellipses (alluvials,
Kerouac called them) at the conclusion of my wayward
poem, to acknowledge that I have reached the point where
I must abandon it. of that incompetence, I am guilty.
is love so fragile that we must assign it the mighty metaphor
of a heaven adorned with celestial brilliance, the vastness of an
ocean, the towering of a mountain? I’m a vagabond minstrel, &
if I claim to love you, all I can give are the words of a poem.
the land of nomadic lovers is primitive. if you follow me, we
must pluck the fruits of passion from gnarled trees to satisfy
our hunger, & quench our thirst at a stream of tears.
I will never possess the brittle diamonds
that are tiny flames in the sky,
but as long as there are stars,
I will love you…
(Art: Marc Lagrange)
Published 26th Nov 2015
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26th Nov 2015 11:25pm
Oh my, this is so romantic (batting my eyelashes )!
So dreamy Mr. F
I love it ; )
So dreamy Mr. F
I love it ; )
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27th Nov 2015 6:41am
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27th Nov 2015 9:20am
27th Nov 2015 11:12am
27th Nov 2015 2:46pm
oh John so beautiful is this write..
love these lines..
"is love so fragile that we must assign it the mighty metaphor
of a heaven adorned with celestial brilliance, the vastness of an
ocean, the towering of a mountain? I’m a vagabond minstrel, &
if I claim to love you, all I can give are the words of a poem."
you gift us continually with the love you pour into your poems..
love Crim
love these lines..
"is love so fragile that we must assign it the mighty metaphor
of a heaven adorned with celestial brilliance, the vastness of an
ocean, the towering of a mountain? I’m a vagabond minstrel, &
if I claim to love you, all I can give are the words of a poem."
you gift us continually with the love you pour into your poems..
love Crim
27th Nov 2015 6:53pm
"Look at the sky now. What color is it? Or the way a hawk flies. Or you wake up and your ribs are bruised thinking so hard on somebody. What do you call that?
This doesn't come out right. If it were enough to stand, without the words."
"It is, it is."
This doesn't come out right. If it were enough to stand, without the words."
"It is, it is."
27th Nov 2015 7:52pm
I love these reflections on writing and art, all the better contained in a fine love poem. Doesn't feel abandoned to me....
28th Nov 2015 7:58am
No words to describe the brilliance of this work. Simply astounding...and mesmerizing ...
28th Nov 2015 12:13pm
This is such sweet romance the ants suffer a disorder of the metabolism causing excessive thirst and the production of large amounts of urine.
28th Nov 2015 12:34pm
28th Nov 2015 9:18pm
Love is a strong emotion. Comparing it to enormities seem fitting. Because when I am sad, I can cheer up and when I am angry, I can calm down. But i can't unlove a person.
Contemplative write buddy. Cheers.
Contemplative write buddy. Cheers.
30th Nov 2015 11:02pm
"I will never possess the brittle diamonds
that are tiny flames in the sky,
but as long as there are stars,
I will love you…" -- That's is wild abandonment!! Your ellipsis leave us striving to carve replicas of those poetic stars in return for you ... -blue angel
that are tiny flames in the sky,
but as long as there are stars,
I will love you…" -- That's is wild abandonment!! Your ellipsis leave us striving to carve replicas of those poetic stars in return for you ... -blue angel
Damn.. this fucked me up,
and what I mean by that is,
you just let your heart's flow
do what it needs to do..
Hmm, this is intriguing and
boggling all at once..
Very beautiful Cherished..
-Howlings
and what I mean by that is,
you just let your heart's flow
do what it needs to do..
Hmm, this is intriguing and
boggling all at once..
Very beautiful Cherished..
-Howlings
