- Non-Erotic Poetry
- The Landscape of Poetry
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the landscape of poetry
runs downhill
its birthplace
small but high
its lines the hills
that chart its course
through pauses
valleys
where the meaning flows
rills that run down
flashing freshets
following destinies
chosen by their origins
and by the tumbled words
that sometimes block their path
and sometimes guide them
into whirlpools
waterfalls
winding streams
through grasses
growing like
ideas taking root
drawing life
from other streams
surged down
by other rock-strewn
flows downhill
slowing
into banks of trees
wider turns
deeper beds
together large
impressive channels
for the intercourse
that frames our days
drawn up delivered
over tended crops
nurtured by the nature
of their source
the shining sea
that draws them in
gathers them as one
then casts them skyward
meaning floating up
like clouds that coalesce
while climbing
into stormclouds
flash and volley
thundering chaotic
cutting loose in torrents
raining down on hilltops
small but high.
- COMMENTS
Anonymousover 18 years agoI already have one of your poems in my Favs, The Lighthouse keeper and this one is right up there! Thanks,
Boo
Syndra Lynnabout 20 years agoThis is such pretty work. Every time I read it, I love it more.
into banks of trees
wider turns
deeper beds
together large
impressive channels
for the intercourse
that frames our days
Beds for intercourse. I knew I could count on you! Brilliantly written, as always.
Anonymousabout 20 years agoI agree with the other commenters before me, you draw everything possible from a great metaphor to draw a wonderfully vivid picture. I enjoy your work, K.
YDDabout 20 years agoThe alliterative nature of your description seems quite appropriate for the purpose of the metaphor. I like the blended ideas acknowledgement and the final touch of recycling.
Now are we going to see a poem about a "Muse Monsoon",
or a "Dearth Drought"?
Angelineabout 20 years agobecause yes poetry moves in its small way to a wider completion. The formatting works well too to move the poem in a way that fits the rolling water image. "shining sea" caught me briefly because, well probably because of the last line of America the Beautiful, lol, so it came off cliche to me--another modifier would seem fresher, I thought, but that's really really a nitpick in what is a lovely poem. Thank you for posting it. :)
