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- Selected as 2007 Poet Of The Year on The Writing Forum
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Hanging Man 10
Final Poem Of the Hanging Man Series
HANGING MAN 10
I do not know the hands
that released me from the night;
I only know that I am born
with the taste of clay in my mouth.
Pain makes me breathe in;
life makes me breathe out.
My fingers flex like the wrinkled petals
of some exotic flower.
My arms and legs flail like discordant notes
until they discover the simple tune of crawling.
I stumble swallowing into the clear spring,
moan at the soothing agony of cold water.
My body stands unsteadily.
I… Continue
Posted on June 12th, 2008 at 12:19am —
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Hanging Man 9
HANGING MAN 9
Invisible prophets, pursued by darkness,
rush through the treetops.
Silence, stillness.
Morning light races back
to the shelter of the horizon.
Lightning, thunder.
My lips purse like an infant’s
to suckle the sky;
my tongue laps at the ecstasy of raindrops.
Jagged light carves
a new world each second;
explosions signal their destruction.
Grain by grain my foundation
dissolves to liquid.
I am left suspended within a choked breath.
I can do no more;
death no longer frightens m… Continue
Posted on June 11th, 2008 at 12:12am —
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Hanging Man 8
HANGING MAN 8
A great blue heron slices across the sinking moon
like a fossil bird with leather wings,
stalks the edges of the spring,
casually pecks at all moving things
smaller than itself.
With high, cautious steps
it wanders toward me,
is startled when it realizes
I am neither fruit nor root of the tree.
Like an old man with slicked hair
standing out from the back of his head,
he ponders the uniqueness of this thing.
I am the marvel
he awakened for this morning.
Yellow eyes rise to mine;
h… Continue
Posted on June 10th, 2008 at 8:10am —
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Hanging Man 7
HANGING MAN 7
The full moon is the axis,
the sky the wheel,
earth the mill,
life the water leaping the spillway
tossing gifts of diamonds to the unseen sun.
I hear the music of liquid,
singing a language I suddenly understand.
Mysterious syllables bubble through my veins;
I am the sound I hear.
I am a trout plucked out
from my green dream
by the revolving wheel.
My world spins away from all direction,
neither up nor down.
I will myself to dive,
feel my fins spread like wings;
I drift into the… Continue
Posted on June 9th, 2008 at 11:14am —
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Hanging Man 6
HANGING MAN 6
I dream I am awake
at the beginning of time;
mine are the first eyes
to see the moon rise.
It is like a goddess’ cupped hands
pouring out her ivory light.
My soul takes form in my dream,
sprouts wings, tumbles and whirls
through the air,
sings with the voice of predator and prey.
I am a fox barking my aloneness,
a squirrel chattering at my enemies,
a mockingbird singing endless tunes to life,
a snake hissing my singleness of purpose,
a mouse squeaking out my protest of death.
I a… Continue
Posted on June 8th, 2008 at 9:42pm —
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Thank you for appreciating my poem. I think all poets share the ability to weep and laugh at the world, to be almost speechless at the violence, but also to contemplate the stillness and later make it speak in his words. Like Li Po and Tu Fu being separated by miles and unsure whether they would see each other again, but also "drinking alone with the moon," dancing with one's shadow, and toasting each other even in separation, or Wang Wei always alone with "just echoes of the voice of men." My father's war (in the Pacific) was a generation back but violence continues to be done to our generation, with our without bombs. Poets like you (and me) must speak because we, to paraphrase Auden, are always driven by the world into poetry.
Ah, I know your impatience with dial-up, it was only recently broadband became more available here in my own country. But your blog is richer--I must come back to read some more.
Cheers!
Marne
Thanks so much for the congrats on "Spotlight Artist" You know Mr. A, He goes his own way: I would have decline had he asked (at least to wait until my CD is for sale & Out there) Hey, I'm going to message you on "connection problems" I completely understand. I have dial-up modem too and I also live in a remote area (the middle of the Ocala National Forest in Florida) so I have various connect problems which lately I think is due to my line outside. I'll write you on this, you may be able to call the phone co. and get it looked at.
I love your concise pithy style of poetry. Someday, when I'm truely retired I hope to visit the Ga. mountains for Fly Fishing for Trout.
Is your latest stuff to be in a new book that might journalize your retirement in Summerhill (was it?) I'd love to puruse it. Like your latest poems much.
best luck with the computer, michael guy
Happy New Year! Congratulations on being selected Poet of the Year 2007 at The Writing Forum. The Hanging Man Dreams is a powerful mind-adjuster. Perhaps revelations of the immortality of Dreamers. This is literary material like the stuff out of the Popol Vuh, the ancient Maya Book of Counsel. The Hanging Man Dreams synopsis appears to fill in gaps in the continuum of the human experience. All good things to us in the New Year 2008...
Warmly,
Sage
Thank as well for sharing it with the Creative Thinkers International community.
michael guy (Florida)
Georg