Thanks Erin for going along with this spooky poem. The lines from the referenced Emerson poem that matter to this are :
"Line in nature is not found;
Unit and universe are round;
In vain produced, all rays return;
Evil will bless, and ice will burn."
His sense of trust in Nature's inexorable return to wholeness in every action, even in ones called "evil", is difficult and subtle and I think takes a certain kind of toughness to go along with. This is something of what my poem is after!
I like this very much. It’s gnomic, but in a suggestive rather than pretentious way. Not unlike Auden’s Ode to St. Cecilia. The pace is measured — like a frieze. That highlights the remote, hieratic quality of the ancient figures mentioned.
I don’t like things in Cluster because I would have to like everything. I miscellaneously like things in Substack. Although I don’t like Substack. I will read your poem later, looking forward.
Jeff we’re talking about what some guys who were alive in the 1800s taught me about transcribing intuitive perceptions expressed in figurative language, welcome aboard
Brilliant. And, ironically considering these are ancient characters, timely.
Thanks Erin for going along with this spooky poem. The lines from the referenced Emerson poem that matter to this are :
"Line in nature is not found;
Unit and universe are round;
In vain produced, all rays return;
Evil will bless, and ice will burn."
His sense of trust in Nature's inexorable return to wholeness in every action, even in ones called "evil", is difficult and subtle and I think takes a certain kind of toughness to go along with. This is something of what my poem is after!
I’m vibin’!
I like this very much. It’s gnomic, but in a suggestive rather than pretentious way. Not unlike Auden’s Ode to St. Cecilia. The pace is measured — like a frieze. That highlights the remote, hieratic quality of the ancient figures mentioned.
Nice job.
oh uh — did I walk in at a bad time?
😜😜😜
Also I didn’t know you “liked” things, but thanks I hope you, uh, liked my poem
I don’t like things in Cluster because I would have to like everything. I miscellaneously like things in Substack. Although I don’t like Substack. I will read your poem later, looking forward.
Don’t comment if you’re not going to read it
Jeff we’re talking about what some guys who were alive in the 1800s taught me about transcribing intuitive perceptions expressed in figurative language, welcome aboard
I’m a Flâneur. I’m only aboard the boulevards.
Well let me know if you see any of what Blake meant by Living Form out there on the boulevard