dr_con Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 12.25.2019 There was a gap in the Lacanian sense between intention ______________ and the result Yesterday a poem wasn’t written by me but that is probably a falsehood as all Words tend to be after all why is my favorite moral compass a Christmas Carol when I have left the embrace of the Lame Shepherd for Tantra and Nietzsche and Buddha’s Beyond Beyond and Dream - Time Saints from African Diaspora not for the words but their result their unmitigated do- ing how Dickens makes me feel the redemption is told in feel - ings in experiences in embod - iment not some revelatory Claptrap empty cacophan ies shouted by golems whose truths are filled with mud and weeds (not in a good way) this poem isn’t about that rather about what constitutes poetry what missing a day means when we created a multitude of dishes we baked we sauteed we stirred we fried we made bone broth for the dairy-free Leek Soup assembled from the imaginal a butter-sourcream-self rising flour dough for the Salmon marinated in a mayonnaise- dill-lemon-garlic-caper sauce to make a half-remembered family recipe served maybe twice maybe once when our Latvian Grand was still alive and let’s not forget the Smoked Trout dip served with red and green corn chips or the improvised Chocolate-Brownies made from a traditional family recipe falling short on the 1940s excess of sugar Nor in truth the Baby Artichokes with the same mayonnaise base sans capers and basil rather than dill frankly those babies were a bit too bitter spoiling the experience for a few who were choke naive (never really giving credence to The Virgin) so the less I say the better When its all said and done (waking at 4 AM sweating and in desperate need for water) is the meal and its preparation, not Poem enough A sort of ‘real-time’ redemption the kind normally reserved for Scrooge’s 3 Buddhas Dīpankara Shakyamuni Maitreya with their keen observations the one I’ll repeat here “ Merry Christmas every- One and may the (same said )One bless us all.” Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 "empty cacophanies shouted by golems" If largesse can be applied to imagery, you win! 🙂 "not poem enough" Not life enough, not Christmas enough.....you captured it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Baez Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Your artist side is really coming out here with all those stanza shapes! They kind of look like icicle Christmas ornaments! I really liked "Yesterday a poem wasn’t written by me." I also really enjoyed the detailed descriptions of meal preparations. And I love the last four lines. With their echoes of the simple and sweet last lines of "The Night Before Christmas" and Tiny Tim's blessing, they come as both a shock and a sweet relief! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Wow. Thank you both I much appreciate your feedback. Many Many Thanks! Juris & Doc Con Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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