O. K., after Ochlophobe's endorsement I'm almost afraid to write; keep your expectations low, and you won't be disappointed.
By way of lightening the tone a bit, I'm going to be publishing a small amount of poetry here. You retain all rights, simultaneous submissions O. K.. I don't care if it's been published before or not, if it's anything you would like me and my readers to see, send it in. Also, if you have a favorite poem you would like to share with everyone, send it; just be sure you include the name of the author, and make sure I am aware that it is not yourself. I'll probably only be doing 3-4 poems a month, and maybe a couple of my own. Send submissions to: ddcomfort@gmail.com. If you send them to the comments page, I will delete them. Decisions of the editor are final.
To start things out, here's one of my own:
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Pertinacity
Living branch is grafted to dead tree;
dead tree wilts, the branch salutes the Spring,
the springing lily's bugle calls: Rejoice!
The weeping willow bows to it's decay.
Fruits and flowers fill the leafy branch
as branching beauties sprout on either side;
breeze blows, the tree begins to sway,
the live branch scatters petals to the wind.
Dead tree is lonely in infirmity,
bark sloughs off, the worm bores through the bole.
Blue moon looks down to where the tree still stands,
decrepit, leprous, by an evil fen;
in the drear light, an object lies upon
dark grass, dank with fever and disease,
flowers withered, fruits yet unmatured,
dead branch lies broken, rotted at the base.
-Don Comfort
3 comments:
i'm usually not that good at undestanding what is trying to be conveyed through poems (apart from lymericks)...would be grateful if someone could post their thoughts on this one so that i can check whether i 'got it'.
O.K., If anyone knows how to make this confonded thing do proper paragraphs, leave a note and enlighten me.
Anon, as far as the meaning goes, it's basically a comment on the way it is said that everything must be made pertinent to the modern world, especially as regards the Church, and a caution as to the perils of uniting living things to dead ones.
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