Asa No Hanketsu
Four A.M. locomotive whistle whale song
To a world at sleep, solo’s over steady meter
Of off-kilter ceiling fan thoughts;
Rotating blades cycled by a switch
On a wall well out of reach.
Sentries flank concave entries keeping watch
For nocturnal communications – rhythmic rituals
Not meant for human ears; he feeds them back
As an undertow current emanating precious hours lost
Fighting gravity with his heart, amazed
The surge for air finds strength enough to stamp
A permanence that begs to see the light of day;
Reborn at every sunrise, stationed at every sunset.
It’s that calm hour, loneliest point of axis
Offering no solace, laps on no shore, where
His tides are tied to her swings across his sky,
Bound to an arc no compass drew, wailing with
Barriers broken by sound in perfect balance
Between ocean beds and heaven’s mobile,
Leaving new clouds in wake spelling out wait,
Anticipating deafening response due to catch his pace
If her trajectory does not stray.
















Comments
My heart goes out to you and hears what others seem to think they do, but don't really get. Maybe they do, who know's?
I feel you. In my aching chest and tired mind. You may not know what that means, but I do. I won't explain, because I know you do.
Dae.
Thank you for always being a friend. A real one.
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And (s)he was gone, with a tip of the hat... -Dr. Suess
The surge for air finds strength enough to stamp
A permanence that begs to see the light of day;
Reborn at every sunrise, stationed at every sunset.
loved these lines for the way they hit me.
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Breaking entering
The dark and lonely places
Finding a big gun
Reborn at every sunrise, stationed at every sunset. this is one of the lines that makes me stop which is befitting to the motion of the poem, but the repetition occurring in suggested opposites shouldn't have to be literal. Maybe Reborn of each sunrise, ... could give it a better touch.
The other line, that given the motion of the poem is too clear, imo is: His tides are tied to her swings across his sky,, I'm wondering if "a sky" or maybe " their sky" would hurt the piece, whereas it pushes the progression of the line into something less clear or certain.
All together, I enjoyed this much. For the most part because personally I'm a big fan of using things like the law of gravity, the relativity theory and the uncertainty principle out of the context of standard or quantum physics. I see a reflection of that in here. The first line alone already put me in slow motion and the whole poem crept while holding with an enchanting grip.
I may come back here!
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I'm jus' here and now
I had to crack a gag on you, even though I admire your ability to develop a story with more than what would be expected of a seldom poster of poetry. So post more often and stop making my mouth water in anticipation.
Is this all you have written in the last month or so? If not I want emails of what doesn't make the submission cut.
I love you Kelly, and poetry like this is why. Besides our reasonable abilty to hold a deep friendship.
Your words are more of a bottom feeder (not bad at all, in my meaning) than you allow yourself to believe, BUT you are one bottom feeder, unlike others, that take the best of word choice and development of story to the limits. A bottom feeder that is actually on the bottom, feeding.
You have skinned my back, and I want to scratch it, yet, the only remedy is to read this again, and I will, as soon as I get off work tomorrow. I need food for thought.
Great piece Kelly.
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love so deep, kills you in your sleep
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I'm jus' here and now
As an undertow current emanating precious hours lost
I'd get rid of 'as'. I believe this would help to smooth the edges.
Very nice.
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