Poets possess passion
to pierce the superficial
with personal words –
seeking circles to soften angles –
surprised by insights
astonished by analogies –
ideas demanding expression
with lame skills -
to make
the invisible seeable
the intangible touchable
the soundless heard
the ineffable spoken.
Poets know -
experience is universal
a poem is an offering
honesty connects
and –most stubbornly -
Beauty defies definition.
Cynthia Buell Thomas
a lovely inspiring poem for all poets!
You tell it like it is, Cynthia.
Poetry is about finding new ways to say things - though it's not always beauty people seek to explore on this site.
I love the depth of your poetry. It is so very rich in thought. x
I like this a lot!!!
Cynthia, cheers for the comment on my poem. Yup, both our poems are about the same thing, but you say it better.
Philipos
Fri 18th Feb 2011 19:48
A lovely poem to read and I found the comments interesting too x
And, perhaps, they make the ineffable, F-able?
the literate, alliterate?
I love this Cynthia.
A lovely offering, gratefully received.
I like "seeking circles to soften angles" or even describing circles.The "lame skills" does seem a bit odd.I even started wondering if it was a typo!
I like this and can identify... except 'with lame skills'
Perhaps 'connecting honesty' instead?
p.s. I love the intro to this - it just pops with alliteration...
'Poets possess passion
to pierce the superficial
with personal words –'
"a poem is an offering" - I like that! xx
I just read some other blogs. Once again, no connection to other persons' works or intents whatsoever. I wouldn't do that. It must be something in the air, like a virus.
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Fkx
Thu 21st Apr 2011 14:46
Poets and poems result in poetry, its magic in the connection fired by poetry and its readership/hearer-ship. In that way we are all interconnected, much like the viral of which you spoke of earlier. Thanks for sharing, Cynthia.