Gary Baldwin Poet Sonnet

Notes About The Poem

In the 1997 movie, Contact, the up-front plot line addresses the oft-played interstellar event, as per Sagan’s novel. But perhaps the greater takeaway from this flick is the unfolding interpersonal event and contact transpiring between Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) and Palmer Joss (Matt McConaughey) Living on two different world-view planets at the beginning, the ending finds them together while retaining their respective views and finding a workable personal and professional relationship. This poem is a reflection on that process. My beginning lines and impetus, however, came from Dave Matthews song, The Space Between.

 I honestly didn’t think I was going to be able to step up to the plate on this one. It felt like I was learning how to play 3D chess (LOL). When I added capitalization and punctuation things seemed to be a bit more coherent, inconsistencies not withstanding, so I’ll invoke grammatical artistic license upon this one.

 

CONTACT - A Contrapuntal Sonnet (DHR)

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              The dappled space between        The sordid truths and sacred lies
                    is where life can find me,        hiding right here, wishing upon
          watching for and waiting upon        the copious Day Stars that incite
          the seasons that just might be.        the reasons for which you recite.

                  My moments will sometimes be        Over there and elsewhere
                                    dangling as if to say,        you will say a notion that
                          I always pursue that which        none can strangle or refute,                        
                                  There is no reason to.        nor question its biased pursuit.  

                 The troubling truth is this,        The truth must believe that
     There are truths which speak lies.        the pursuant goal is the proof.     
                       Seeing what I believe,        Believing what’s in your sight,
               proving right myopic eyes.        While pursuing that dappled light.

                       Faith and reason will survive        Where our hearts and heads collide.
                        In sacred chaos each thrive.        Where our hands in each reside.

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