tonyv Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Siber----------for Badge Goodbye, nickelic star-choked dome. A million billion Arctic liters erode your tundra's pebbly shore. "We're sorry, but there's no way home," the taiga's cold Sibirsky cedars, in answer, moan forevermore. O woodland church of my despair, mire in your snow-hung isolation!I do not want your absolutionI won't receive your priest or prayerI can't; there is no Asia here, nor there. No Asia anywhere. ___________________________Сибирский кедр (tr. Sibirsky Kedr)TaigaTundraSteppes Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger11 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Well there's a nice surprise! Though you've sent me to a chilly place (I presume Siber is Siberia?) The 'star-choked dome' is a great phrase. There is a sense of an inescapable finality, an inescapable inner solitude. Again thank you for sharing. badge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 Glad you like it, Badge. Yes, "Siber" is Siberia in my first language, Estonian. And I didn't mean to send you there. I'm just sharing where I'm "coming from" (in poems, that is) most of the time. (Though I think you already understand this.) Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Tony, Brilliant. And of course you meat to take us there. If not, why write poetry? Gob smacked- Really a fantastic piece and I understand why Badger is the partner in this- e too evokes a sense of place, which is no-place,everytime! Pax, Dkon & Juris Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 Thank you , Juris. To the ends of the earth and beyond! Glad it took you there. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W. Parsley Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Count me among those taken those remote Ends, Tony. This is tightly written, great balance of theme and mood, the sense of a thinking mind sorting out the puzzle of experience in all its vastness. Thanks! - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Thank you for your read and kind reply, Dave. Glad it took you there! Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 I don't know how I missed this when it was originally posted. I'm so glad you posted the picture in the gallery. It is so beautiful as is your poem. ~~Judi Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 Thank you very much, Judi. I'm thrilled you like it. It's one of my favorites. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrasMac Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Wow. I love this, the packaging, the unwrapping, the content are all tight and impeccably drawn. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksandra Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 ? I am thrilled by this poem, and confused. I enjoyed it, I felt it, but can not understand it, yet. I will take my time to analyze it, because this poem calls me to do that. Thank you Tony. It's always a pleasure to read your poetry. ☺️ Quote The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth - Jean Cocteau History of Macedonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 On 10/27/2018 at 12:47 PM, FrasMac said: Wow. I love this, the packaging, the unwrapping, the content are all tight and impeccably drawn. Great stuff. Thanks FrasMac, this one is one of my favorites, and I'm excited that you like it, too! Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 On 11/4/2018 at 3:34 PM, Aleksandra said: ? I am thrilled by this poem, and confused. I enjoyed it, I felt it, but can not understand it, yet. I will take my time to analyze it, because this poem calls me to do that. Thank you Tony. It's always a pleasure to read your poetry. ☺️ Well Alek, I'll give you some time to mull it over, and then we'll just have to discuss its finer points. Glad you liked it! Tony ? Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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