Some really interesting thoughts, pictures, and word experiments in this post, David. I particularly like the stone on a beach that found you, rather than you finding it.
That's the very thought I had about that stone. In my mind it was "the Yin-Yang stone". And now that all of us have seen it for what it really is, you should pick it up bring it inside, like the rare treasure it is.
I'm glad you collect stones and crystals. I do too. I have a little collection in my bedroom, and I pick one to hold whenever I'm worried about anything. I find them very soothing.
Loving this experimental movement, Dave! Fantastic piece! Love how each pulled not just the threads of each idea, but the visual that accompanies tugs our thoughts for our own connection. That stone on the beach was a great end.
I'm delighted that you enjoyed it! Deliberately obscure poetry generally bores me but I do get satisfaction from some experimental work, even if most readers aren't into it, because I find it fun. It makes me think and it stops me stagnating, and hey - some readers do actually like it.
Ah, yes, Dave! I also find the fun in how we challenge ourselves within the experiment as well as in the what that surfaces. All revealing and intriguing! Keep experimenting!
This was never going to be one of my more popular pieces, but I'm doing what's interesting for me - as you do.
Sometimes that's incredibly serious - I have posted things here I'm just incapable of reading aloud. Sometimes it's me simply having fun and playing - as with this one.
What a beautiful poem!! Thanks so much for sharing, Dave!! I like how you said "We all have our theories, and some have beliefs." It made me think of a beautiful interview I read lately about Padraig O' Tuama's new book! He talks about letting go of the "burden of belief" and leaning into the questions life offers. I'll share it below!
Thank you Alex. Experimental,ental work isn't to everyone's taste, but it helps me think, and stops me falling into constant repetition of any one style or form.
The interview is extremely interesting. I would say I share similar views. I have known too many people of faith to say that they are all wrong but, equally, too many to say that any single one of them can be right.
So, like Padraig, I am wary of ideologies. In attempting to set a single truth they obliterate the complexity of existence, and of spirituality too. For me, a defining characteristic of wonderful art - visual, written, musical - is an underlying curiosity about the world.
That's something I see so strongly in Brad's painting, and in your words.
Hi Lois. That's such a good question.... and it could well be the case. In my recent post - "Boo!" - wrote:
"The world is either a mystery we make our way through or the mystery is ourselves and the world tries to make sense of us, while we await the explanation that never ever comes because we no longer know how to listen."
I'm glad you liked the yin yang rock. It met me on a beach last Summer. I took a photo, and left it where it was.
I play with form quite a bit - because it interests me and keeps me from falling into repetition. Some of my work is concrete poetry, but the meaning is still as important to me as the form.
Having read more of your own work, something I love about it is the clarity. It is poetic, but not obscure. You write to communicate - as I do.
Yes I hear you! And you do that so well. The form is an added element, not the main attraction. Your poems without the form would be just as strong.
You’ve put into words exactly what i hope to achieve with my poetry- poetic but not obscure. Hearing that reflected back to me is the greatest feeling. Thank you!
Some really interesting thoughts, pictures, and word experiments in this post, David. I particularly like the stone on a beach that found you, rather than you finding it.
Thank you dear Martin.
I'm just having some fun... I felt like doing something different.
Those pretty stones though - and fossils and shells and leaves and feathers - they follow me everywhere, so they do....
I guess I'm just very findable.
Best Wishes - Dave :)
Dear Martin — isn’t the stone itself a kind of Yin-Yang if you look at it !
We have an enormous shell-stone and crystal shelf at home!! Hardly surprising.
Especially when one is a ‘black’ magic rock : - an actual piece of meteor - replete with strong magnetic properties..,
That's the very thought I had about that stone. In my mind it was "the Yin-Yang stone". And now that all of us have seen it for what it really is, you should pick it up bring it inside, like the rare treasure it is.
I'm glad you collect stones and crystals. I do too. I have a little collection in my bedroom, and I pick one to hold whenever I'm worried about anything. I find them very soothing.
Loving this experimental movement, Dave! Fantastic piece! Love how each pulled not just the threads of each idea, but the visual that accompanies tugs our thoughts for our own connection. That stone on the beach was a great end.
Blessings, ~Wendy💜
Hi Wendy
I'm delighted that you enjoyed it! Deliberately obscure poetry generally bores me but I do get satisfaction from some experimental work, even if most readers aren't into it, because I find it fun. It makes me think and it stops me stagnating, and hey - some readers do actually like it.
Yay!
Very Best Wishes - Dave :)
Ah, yes, Dave! I also find the fun in how we challenge ourselves within the experiment as well as in the what that surfaces. All revealing and intriguing! Keep experimenting!
Blessings, ~Wendy💜
Very Yin-Yang Wendy!! Lucky find.
Love experimentation. So cool. The shape poems looks like tops turning on top of each other, which is a kind of eternity in and of itself.
Tnx my friend. I'm glad you like it!
This was never going to be one of my more popular pieces, but I'm doing what's interesting for me - as you do.
Sometimes that's incredibly serious - I have posted things here I'm just incapable of reading aloud. Sometimes it's me simply having fun and playing - as with this one.
A bit like life, really....
D :)
What a beautiful poem!! Thanks so much for sharing, Dave!! I like how you said "We all have our theories, and some have beliefs." It made me think of a beautiful interview I read lately about Padraig O' Tuama's new book! He talks about letting go of the "burden of belief" and leaning into the questions life offers. I'll share it below!
https://www.publicbooks.org/beyond-the-burden-of-belief-padraig-o-tuama-on-religious-trauma-eros-and-poetry-as-prayer/
Thank you Alex. Experimental,ental work isn't to everyone's taste, but it helps me think, and stops me falling into constant repetition of any one style or form.
The interview is extremely interesting. I would say I share similar views. I have known too many people of faith to say that they are all wrong but, equally, too many to say that any single one of them can be right.
So, like Padraig, I am wary of ideologies. In attempting to set a single truth they obliterate the complexity of existence, and of spirituality too. For me, a defining characteristic of wonderful art - visual, written, musical - is an underlying curiosity about the world.
That's something I see so strongly in Brad's painting, and in your words.
Best wishes from Australia
Dave :)
I love this, reading was like a meditation.
Thank you dear Kristi.
I like to vary my style occasionally, and I enjoy playing with form and meaning, and yes - it is indeed intended as a meditation.
I hope you are finding peace in your life, despite the grief.
Very Best Wishes - Dave
Awesome shape to the poem.
Thank you! In between my other work I have fun with form and meaning - experimenting with both….
Best Wishes - Dave :)
Oscillation, pendulation, pendiculation, it all comes back to this.
I did wonder though, am I experiencing the universe or is the universe experiencing me?
Nice rock x
Hi Lois. That's such a good question.... and it could well be the case. In my recent post - "Boo!" - wrote:
"The world is either a mystery we make our way through or the mystery is ourselves and the world tries to make sense of us, while we await the explanation that never ever comes because we no longer know how to listen."
I'm glad you liked the yin yang rock. It met me on a beach last Summer. I took a photo, and left it where it was.
It could be anywhere now....
Best Wishes - Dave :)
Wow such a cool form! I love this!
Thank you my friend!
I play with form quite a bit - because it interests me and keeps me from falling into repetition. Some of my work is concrete poetry, but the meaning is still as important to me as the form.
Having read more of your own work, something I love about it is the clarity. It is poetic, but not obscure. You write to communicate - as I do.
Best wishes to you from far off Australia
Dave :)
David,
Yes I hear you! And you do that so well. The form is an added element, not the main attraction. Your poems without the form would be just as strong.
You’ve put into words exactly what i hope to achieve with my poetry- poetic but not obscure. Hearing that reflected back to me is the greatest feeling. Thank you!
Thank you for the restack, @Elisandela Harvey Pereira . I’m so glad you liked this.
Best Wishes - Dave