Just Three Thoughts

by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sunday 29th November 2009 3:24 pm (first posted Thursday 26th November 2009 5:51 pm)

A Fly in the Butter

I love a word

Whose position can

Confound the sense

Of syntax plan

And leave a phrase

On its fine sound preening

Quite ambiguous

As to its meaning.

In Praise of Formality

Poetry pours through my mind

So many eloquent words

Brilliant phrases

Wooing the senses along

Rigid structure

Elegantly twisting

Simple profundity

Out of metre and rhyme

Cynthia Buell Thomas

Focus

Good poetry thrills me -

The linking of minds.

My work is mute -

Unsung.

See, here, World!

I want to be noticed.

Now!

And a hundred years from now!

I don’t lack insight -

Sensitivity - skill -

Ambition - arrogance -

Just marketing.

Cynthia Buell Thomas

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barrie singleton

Tue 12th Jan 2010 20:36

Hi Cynthia - your words of praise for mine, were the ones I would have chosen. Can't do better than that, can I! In return I cite your 'Fly in the Butter'. When the title spikes up the poem - bliss.

Andy N

Mon 30th Nov 2009 13:51

enjoyed this Cynthia.. defo has being a bite in its bark or is it the other way? lol

Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sun 29th Nov 2009 15:22

You know how we all hold our own lines so close to us that we frequently get myopic about our own work? I never realized until today that someone might think that In Praise of Formality is about me. No way! It is about all the fantastic poets of any age who strive and succeed brilliantly in writing according to rigidly established structures. I am awed.

Cate Greenlees

Sat 28th Nov 2009 17:47

How clever. One word can make all the difference in syntax and meaning, and for anyone with an innate love of words which you have Cynthia, it can be rewarding to play around with them.... I know I love to!
The last one made me chuckle too. Castigating a world for ignoring your obvious talents is amusing...... I think I`m short of a bit of marketing as well!!
Cate xx

<Deleted User> (7073)

Fri 27th Nov 2009 18:05

Abstruse is the word that springs to mind, I had think about it and re-read it a few times to understand it. It was worth the effort though. The clue is in the title TC ;-)

<Deleted User> (5646)

Fri 27th Nov 2009 13:54

I'm still practising but you do it very well with these three little thoughts.

Janet.x

ps. Syntax- is that the one which defines how much it will cost if we get it wrong? :-)

Dave Bradley

Thu 26th Nov 2009 23:09

I liked these Cynthia. The progression in the three poems from the word to the flow of words then to the finished works and their distant future is fascinating. It teases the mind about what poetry is. Then it ends with a line that brings a smile, but a wry one for the realities it points to

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