Hopper Metaphors of Silence

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it is 
    what it is
without narrative
isolated
    moments
       of figuration
sunlight 
        on a wall
frozen 
        in time

conversations
      of unheard voices
stillness +
         paradox
commune within
the
    interplay of
             imagination
in
studies 
     of loneliness

emblematic
        silences
soundless symbolism
saturated
      with suggestion
soft realism
    of the inner life
gestates

cries 
    on canvas
forever before
              our eyes
juxtaposed
drip
    by
        drip
into
melancholy

an empty chair
      a sad stare

it is
     what it is

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 2/11/2020 10:18:00 AM
Brian, beautiful and I love your layout _Constance
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Brian Strand
Date: 2/11/2020 10:26:00 AM
Yes Constance,a satisfying form to both write and read as it stays so fluid allowing different interpretations.
Date: 2/6/2020 1:48:00 PM
There is a beautiful zen quality to this poem of isolated awareness within the great All of things Poet. I like how the momentum of thought is carried by the ebb and flow of the line breaks. A FAV!...J.A.B.
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Brian Strand
Date: 2/6/2020 2:28:00 PM
Thank you Justin,the Hopper world melds wel with the open form.Cheers
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