dr_con Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Embracing the Stars I couldn’t write this poem here among the sentinels disguised as Birch Pine Oak Beech hovering over the fecund challenge of Fern Chaga Reishi Slime Molds Black Flies Mosquitoes and the thrumming transitional places of Bogs Beaver Ponds and instinctual Loons cut through the privileged plans of writing talking future vistas leaving nothing but Now But if I had composed a few words it would have been to tell a friend’s story of being granted a chance to embrace a master in his wheelchair on the quite wooden floors of the zendo he founded after the war and in that hug infinite galaxies rotated forever Now Or how the crickets in the first Ox Herding picture are the same as the Moon or the Stars chirping Now Looking at the Lake framed in ancient greens in the silence of a setting Sun there is nothing to say nothing I can say but gesture the obvious They shine through everything at once right Now. Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 and in that hug infinite galaxies rotated forever Now Awesome. And the way each stanza ends in Now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 A journey to enlightenment.. After the physical nature of the first stanza, the second comes alive as though a blanket of constraint is shrugged off. The introduction of the Ox Herding picture in the third brings with it much clarity overall and "They shine through/ everything at once/ right Now" makes me think... "We Are Stardust". Much enjoyed. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Hi DC, I so enjoyed the imagery of this piece and loved the feel of the words and the pattern that always leads to "right Now". ~~Tink 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...
dr_con Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 Thanks everyone! Your comments are always deely appreciated. Much Grace! Con/Jur/D Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen M. Callirhoe Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Very sentimental feeling I get from this. well inked enjoyed the read. victor Quote Larsen M. Callirhoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonqueen Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 "framed in ancient greens in the silence of a setting Sun" I cannot take a deep enough breath to accompany this beautiful image. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W. Parsley Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Doc, this poem speaks movingly to my twin obsessions with the cosmos and the cosmic. It brings a sensation to my scalp and pulse rate that is usually experienced only when I am someplace where I can see the unmasked heavens. Ageless enlightenment seems within a lunge and a grasp. I will come back to this one many times. Thank You, - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted June 11, 2013 Author Share Posted June 11, 2013 Larsen, MQ & David Many thanks for reading! David I am touched and honored. Con/Jur/D Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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