Artist: Hokusai
Crouching behind
A ferrous moon
I curse the Tao for
Its continual breach
Of chrysalis.
Will I ever summon
From contract or must
I forever embellish?
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I stand between dimensions
Ship-wrecked and plaintive.
My burdens are few and many
Hands knotted as a fisherman’s ropes
I extract and lengthen but the lines
Remain irreparably crooked.
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Life is hell if that’s the aspect taken
I’ve seen heaven too but only as I’ve
Imagined it, look to the left
And you too will find it beating
Like the recoil of a curious thunder
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I also wrote a poem at Curious Flowers for today’s entry it’s called Real
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I really like and very inspired… 🙂
Thank you so much for your kindness =9
Very cool, the last stanza especially! 🙂 🙂
Thanks Helen!
How I love your imagery….Hands knotted as a fisherman’s ropes…the last stanza as well…
Thank you kindly Oliana =)
to me this reads that you stand alone…though within others…. amazing C… xx
Thank you Jenny =) I like that within others
Fantastic word picture you’ve drawn here and the accompaning painting in breath taking!
I stand between dimensions
Ship-wrecked and plaintive.
My burdens are few and many
Wonderful!
Awww thank you so much I am so happy you enjoyed it =)
Tell me, is this a prompt which you do on the other blog?
This piece wasn’t for a prompt. I don’t host an official prompt at Curious Flowers though I do sometimes ask questions, have quizzes, and take suggestions if people want that I should write about something particular. Of course if anything I write inspires please feel free to write and share links. You can post links to my most recent Prompt (more people will read it there) that aren’t for that prompt just specify which prompt (if you are doing an older challenge) or post (if you felt inspired by something else like the art work or a poem) you are responding too. Does that even make sense lol
I loved everything about this, you nailed it.
Thanks Richard!!!
Loved the poem, especially the second part and the image of a curious thunder.
Thank you so much I am so happy =)
really some marvelous internal rhyme in this one…love the image of the hand as knotted ropes and how you play out that metaphor in the line….really a lot to like about this one….and last stanza is a zinger as well…
Oh wow Brian thanks so much!
Amazing poem and the art work is intriguing.
Thank you =)