eclipse Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Dreaming in the trenches, I caught the red moon and placed it into the eye of the the wind-horse. We flew-following the smoke of history, resting in a field we gave shelter to poppies from souls buoyed on Christly tears as they made clean the red moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Barry, I always enjoy your Native American themes. This one is compact, just right. 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 January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Barry, I too like the brevity of this piece. I confess that for me, though it does indeed evoke something elemental like Native American myth seemingly embodied in the wind-horse and red moon, other prominent equally-vivid images such as poppies, trenches, and smoke, induce me to see it more as a freshly imagined version of McRae's "In Flanders Field." Perhaps we cannot possibly experience as that author did, we can dread the possibility of potential recurrence of such extravagant violence, apocalyptically figured in this moon turned to blood. Beautiful and Sobering, - David 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I agree with David's McRae reference. I would add it has a hint of Trakl, who also wrote war poetry. 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...
JoelJosol Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 I am not familiar with NA mythology but the poem gives me a surreal feeling the equivalent of abstract from the visual arts. The power of the poem, to me, is in the mystery it evokes. Quote "Words are not things, and yet they are not non-things either." - Ann Lauterbach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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