by MinorMonster
I like the contrast between the two images, asks questions in the reader's mind. What is more important? it asked me
Well crafted; a thoughtful, engaging poem
Mentioned in the new poem reviews
All those images of trying to solve such minor mysteries while the greatest mystery of all results in his walking down the hall. That's the mystery requiring the greatest time and exploration by a man ~ what goes on in the mind of a woman?
Did I just step through the literary door to the Twilight Zone ~ mystical happenings.
...the unassuming intelligence used in this poem. monolith in lower case is the perfect title. Congrats on a winner MinnieMo.
Tess - admiringly.
Intense and cohesive. Filled with existential angst, but you feel it, correction - mostly you can hear it! And the up and down movement between galactic images and intimate ones unites the universe into one reverberating and seemingly potentially highly unstable universe. Can someone turn down the volume?