I’d squeezed myself out
of my own place
by talking more than being
thinking more than doing
or perhaps, the reverse, if that’s the case
With good intentions paving
Making promises I then don’t want to keep
I aim to fly, and in so doing I fall
backwards
into blessed ekphrastic thrall
But remain evanescing
in this mid-plane,
to expound upon the beauty exposed
here, to my Now-louvred brain
Observe but not extract
the copper hues
of blues and greens
and
I beg to learn from them
how to cease this self-abuse
stop telling myself to do things better
and just do
or not do
while loving the extra-
luminary weather,
the inherent lack of vision
as to whither
and
no whether
.
I sprout upwards from some dusky dress
and bloom with roses on my shoulders
a peplum trunking down to earth
in mycelium symbiosis of underground
networks
.
Why detach myself from life’s blood
if I miss out on play of light and shadow
in the wall of water falling to the west
when world, like this
has given
the satiating
hither come, stay
call
to a mind
at playful
rest
.
***
Art credit (and ekphrastic poetry inspiration): “Image #116,” by the amazing MultipleMichael (WP reader link to post: here), whose work I came to know via David Redpath‘s awesomely adventurous art-poetry syntheses, at his own blog, Highway Bloggery.
With gratitude for the moment, in which I (🙄) failed to stay away from WP, but ended on a wonder-fall, as in some mindful dream.
Thanks also to Aeryk Pierson, who first introduced me to the word “ekphrastic.” Just the word itself leads to inner-linguistic ecstasies, all art-bloombastic. ❤︎
xoxo nadine/(ju)lia/bloomwords/sobrietytree 🌱
Ace
xoxo
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Thank you, Nick. Loving that ace from you. :)) xoxo
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And you’ve just passed on ekphrastic to me. Seems like a worthy effort to try at some point.
I’m glad you didn’t stay away for long!
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8-10 hours is an awesome try, right? ;)) Thanks Annie.
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I am so glad you’re still here ❤️❤️❤️ xoxox
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Thank you, Rachel dear 😊❤️😍✌️
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So good to see you here, Nadine. 😊
You do the ekphrastic so well. ❤️🌷
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Thanks Punam. I appreciate the kind words. 💛🌷😊
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You are welcome, my dear. ❤️😊
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Oh I love this, Nadine. So very relatable and beautifully executed. One I will revisit often!
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Katy, these words mean so much to me! Truly, thanks a huge lot; it’s very encouraging. xoxoxo
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Love ekphrastic, and a very well-thought out piece. On a side note, I might continue your theme of gorse from your last post in a future haiku. It is out at the moment in sunny Scotland and is spectacular!
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Thank you so very very much Matthew!! Um wow, as you know, I adore your daiku, so would be ultra enchanted to see the Scottish gorse so luckily poeticized by you, and perhaps wedded to another haiku, in this lovely springtide season, too. Happy to hear it’s sunny up there! xoxoxo
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Holy Shout Out, Batman!
You know, what with having NOTHING but time on my hands, I have been crap about checking WordPress reader. Shame on me! It’s not that I’ve sunk into depression from weeks of isolation. Being alone has been damned good so far.
Quick side note to everyone reading this: Please don’t come for me with pitchforks and torches. I’m not saying this pandemic is a good shituation. I am an Aspie who is comfortable with the isolation order AND has been paid though I’ve been furloughed. In fact, I find the current shituation quite ironic in that it is the EXACT opposite of what normally happens. Namely, I’m in an almost constant state of anxiety because of the social interactions, and extroverts are cruising along happily.
Anyhoo, there was something I wanted to say… Oh, right. I love the poem. I went back and read it again, scrolling back and forth to see the picture and read a couple lines. Very evocative.
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Ah Aeryk. Love this comment so much. Brother from another mother. Though I’m not aspie, and unlike you, wordpress is my main online fix, I am a little happy to be relieved of certain societal pressures for a time. :)) I feel so pleased that you liked this poem, I’d been missing your feedback, as I always appreciated your take on things. Thank you so much. :))) xoxoxo
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I blame Animal Crossing: New Horizon for distracting me. Yeah… that’s it.
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“Computer, what is Animal Crossing: New Horizon?”
“Animal Crossing[a] is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo and created by Katsuya Eguchi.[1][2][3] In Animal Crossing, the player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by various anthropomorphic animals, carrying out various activities such as fishing, bug catching, and fossil hunting. The series is notable for its open-ended gameplay and extensive use of the video game console’s internal clock and calendar to simulate real passage of time. Source: Wikipedia.org”
“Thank you, computer!”
“You’re welcome, Nah-deen.”
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Oh. Sorry. I’m so closed up in my world (both in real life AND in the game, ha!) I assumed you knew what Animal Crossing was.
Thank you, computer, for fixing that gap for me. 😊
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😆😚🤖👍😊
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This part I really connected with: “With good intentions paving / Making promises I then don’t want to keep / I aim to fly, and in so doing I fall / backwards”. That’s some fantastic writing.
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Benjamin, your opinion and detailed impressions always mean a lot to me, so thank you so much for this. I feel honoured. xoxoxo
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You’re welcome. Hope these words find you in the middle of a lovely day!
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It does indeed Benjamin, and I hope the same for you. :)) 🌸
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