dr_con Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 We make these mistakes and others You think that knowing thoughts aren’t real would be enough or that beauty will remain long after bone dust comes back to solarwinds winding starlit byways returning despite prodigal myths of ever leaving light. Quote thegateless.org Come on over and check out my poetry substack y'all;-) Or if your bored, head to the Zazzle store: https://www.zazzle.com/store/gateless. If you buy anything I lose a bet, so consider that before you violate the digital rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 What a unique melding of philosophy, celestial and humanity. Puts mortals in their place. One to ponder on for awhile. Enjoyed, -uris. fdh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Echo the above from fdelano. Also loved the form: one sentence in the visual pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Thanks for taking the time! Had the title in my head for days, but the piece that followed surprised me;-) Con/Jur/D Quote thegateless.org Come on over and check out my poetry substack y'all;-) Or if your bored, head to the Zazzle store: https://www.zazzle.com/store/gateless. If you buy anything I lose a bet, so consider that before you violate the digital rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W. Parsley Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Doc (nobody mis-pronounces that!), I like the feel of this. And the title is one of my favorites. Brings to mind the wry and wistful comment of Dr. Tartakower when considering a chessboard set up for an official match, "The mistakes are all there waiting to be made." I reserve the right to come back and comment further! - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 Thanks Dave! and please do;-) Con/Jur/D Quote thegateless.org Come on over and check out my poetry substack y'all;-) Or if your bored, head to the Zazzle store: https://www.zazzle.com/store/gateless. If you buy anything I lose a bet, so consider that before you violate the digital rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonqueen Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Juris, I really like this, for all the same reasons as the others. I understand, I too come up with either a title, though those are often my bane, or a line or phrase, jot them down and then down the line, many of them come together into one piece. Sometimes I'm not sure myself what it means until it's finished. t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Expansive.. with words like clouds embracing the cosmos and a title that leaves much room for the introspective. Skilfully done. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 Thanks G & T! Glad you found something of worth. MQ, I don't have the discipline to harvest (consciously) from my poems, but I do mentally collect either lines or titles. The titles are always fun for me, because although I may have an intention/theme, many times when the poem has written itself, 'I think huh wasn't expecting That!" And then I pass it on to my reviewers and am deeply gratified that they found something of worth. As Robert Creeley once said: " I don't know if that's what is meant, after all, I just wrote it." Which begs the question, where does poetry (writing) come from. For years I thought it resided in the mechanized brain, and yes there is a 'learned' as WCW said: Machine of poetry... But that's just the production line, where is the master who writes it? Have started turning to zen for that answer but, I'm sure all of you sense/feel what I'm saying;-) Many Thanks! DC&J Quote thegateless.org Come on over and check out my poetry substack y'all;-) Or if your bored, head to the Zazzle store: https://www.zazzle.com/store/gateless. If you buy anything I lose a bet, so consider that before you violate the digital rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedalus Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Thoughts ARE real. It's because of these little buggers we act as we do (privately) and dance around like morons in our public performances. Everyone knows that ... or at least I thought so. Good poem there, all the same. Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Thanks Dedalus! Of course, we make these mistakes, and others, I thought;-) Juris Quote thegateless.org Come on over and check out my poetry substack y'all;-) Or if your bored, head to the Zazzle store: https://www.zazzle.com/store/gateless. If you buy anything I lose a bet, so consider that before you violate the digital rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatekeeper Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 That's one of the coolest things abut poetry, eh - the surprises - keep 'em coming. Quote from the black desert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 You got it GK! ;-) Quote thegateless.org Come on over and check out my poetry substack y'all;-) Or if your bored, head to the Zazzle store: https://www.zazzle.com/store/gateless. If you buy anything I lose a bet, so consider that before you violate the digital rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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