dr_con Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Lore The first time I understood a curse was in the hollow-wind moving through endless winter-fields fallow burrows-burial plots for spring dreams a Greyhound bus on the road for my first visit to the birthplace of my post-literary soul San Francisco the home of Freak and Beat The City with Coincidence-Control as a public utility more in-tune with tide-pools than the wave-cliffs of Manhattan along the border where a drunken farmer and his boy climbed aboard a streetlight far from any streets the good-bye days of chemical suchness finally ebbing away leaving behind a truckstop-coffee mind a place to rest only from necessity____the King of Buffalo Fools dropped away leaving the narrative of parents and friends who knew he would die out-doing out-being the creeping structures of conformity and self not-a-problem until the inevitable bullet saved for the 'Special' is fired passing through your head with the ease of the last line-needle-smoke-drop-drink the lucky ones losing their luck dodging one-more-time until the phone call of I-know-what-you-did and the hate of it the promises made and broken just another pact with an old-you one who doesn't serve but preens and admires the shape of the gun as it is loaded firing a curse in the hollow-wind moving past endless winter-fields where we lie fallow in our burrows and plots dreaming of spring. Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Despite some spectral undertones, the poem gives the sense of being at home with one's self and his environs. I loved the hollow-wind and winter-fields in the opening and was delighted to see their re-occurrence in the closing. Perfect title. 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 January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 Many Thanks Tony! appreciate the insight! DC&J Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger11 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 'Coincidence-Control' - now that is a first base stop on the road to belief. I guess I didn't get Tony's comfort zone from this. badge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksandra Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 The first time I understooda curse was in the hollow-wind moving through endless winter-fields fallow burrows-burial plots for spring dreams Nice opening of the poem, DC. This poem reads in one breath with a thought at the end: " what I have missed?! :). Let me read once again ". It leaves some anguish. firing a curse in the hollow-wind moving past endless winter-fieldswhere we lie fallow in our burrows and plots dreaming of spring. Wonderful connection between the start and the end of this poem, DC. Much enjoyed. Aleksandra 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...
dr_con Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 Thanks Badge and Aleks for taking the time to read;-) As always I greatly appreciate your feedback and comments;-) J&DC Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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