- Non-Erotic Poetry
- a stroke of luck
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among blue skies
an oak reflects light
back at the Sun
the tree's shadow
connects with the oak's trunk
and owns its own space
the new reality:
no more oak
none
the shadow
reflects the light straight
back at the Sun
wh
2013-07-26
- COMMENTS
HarryHillover 10 years agoFor awhile I considered the two stanza to be as close as English could get to the symbolism of oriental characters. some kismet in their juxtaposition may say something entirely different than what the two say separately.
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It may all be misdirection and a Oak the same as any other crisp cut stencil against a light holding sky. *shutting up now*
Senna Jawaover 10 years agoAuthor[1+2, and that's all--(1/2): the main text, (2/2): the title]. *** Angelina's and Tristesse2 interpretation was natural(!) and fundamental. The oak has vanished. There is an undeniable loss. (More about it later). *** Then there is the "reflection" from the shadow, as HarryHill and Greenmountaineer (a poetic nickname) seem to stress it. *** Thus there seem a peaceful resolution: there is a loss, while some enlightenment is derived from it *** This means-- I think--an agreement. *** I'd like to mention the complex nature of the light reflected from the oak, with all its boughs, branches, shoots... All this is lost, the shadow is plain--a silhouette, it has no 3-dimensional oak's quality. But the shadow still returns light (or attempts too). *** It is still possible for the shadow (to attempt) to feel harmony, at least in its own mind. One could call it "happiness".
HarryHillover 10 years agoI think stroke of luck is the poem itself, that where the two stanza meet sharing the same single point between opposites that become neither. I'm over thinking.
Desejoover 10 years agoI'm interested in the title. Stroke of luck implies, to me, the stoke of a clock and thus the movement of the sun. The clock struck luck, and the tree disappears. I like that. The first line - among blue skies - made me think of plurals. Why not in a blue sky? Am I over thinking ? Probably. But it's a very welcome change to wonder that.
