Wood Painting: Jeff Soto
I wanted
To be extraordinary,
Instead a palindrome.
Viewed from above or below
An implacable diamond
*
Eidolic,
Insurmountable
I extricate
My hands
From
A sparkling cuirass
Butterflies and larvae
Carbonized
As if
The flame within
Were too blue
To cradle whimsy
*
My fingernails
Obsidian moons
Lamenting departure
The chrysalis
Of youth unpinned
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Wow, this works either as the voice of a real diamond, or as the voice of someone who can relate to the nature of a diamond – either way it’s fabulous!! 🙂 🙂
Thanks Helen you are pretty fabulous yourself!
Hi Yves, what great images you created in this piece, thanks to my dictionary, i have a much clearer view of this extraordinary poem.
Thank you so much, I have an odd vocabulary I have been told
Its ok, going to the dictionary can be a treat in itself..
I always have my online one up when I am reading
That’s really good 😀 I love it; wonderful ideas…
Thanks a lot =)
the chrysalyst of youth unpinned….wow…what a closing line…
i think often we miss our own extraordinariness — we lose much of it in comparison
always thinking someone has much more beauty or talent…
Exactly Brian!
This is really good writing.
Thank you =)
i love when i read word collaborations i know
my pen would never write, could never write,
like those that are scattered in this poem,
like this passage;
As if
The flame within
Were too blue
To cradle whimsy
just WOW!
Thank you so much I enjoy that aspect of others poetry as well
Very captivating and breathtaking ending! Loved it!
Thanks so much =)