James Moore Poet Narrative

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The Poetic and Prosaic

(“The Interworld” 2018, original encaustic)

The beauty of prose is many things can be said
In great detail,
Stories and tales, histories and philosophies. 
The beauty of poetry is that when we read it or write it
We put on the poet’s hat
View through the poet’s lens
And search for layers of meaning.
In this way poetry honors and respects
The listener’s participation,
And in the doing, in immersion below surfaces,
We awaken the imaginal. 
And when we awaken so
We step out of time
So the continuity of our life,
From childhood to adolescence, in growth
To sickness, old age and death,
Is made whole.
Here in the metaphor is our whole life
Made holy. Again.

(9/19/25)

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