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The Red Disk Joan Miro 1960

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consider the art of the tendril or the thread or the power of a hook or a stitch each entanglement deliberate yet unplanned I don't know where it takes us but here we are there is no sense looking at a constellation expecting a mirror, but I do ~ so help me maybe I'm reflected in a single speck or there is a way of viewing the composite to make sense of it all... there is a chance and I acknowledge it that I'm looking into a void where nothing is connected nor has purpose let alone to the bystander perhaps we leave a mark here or there where it once made sense that later sheds no light it's definitely not nothing though that disk obscures it is that where the answers lie scratch the surface look beneath your nails swing on the outer edges where you can hang on no one seems to know if we step forward or step back for understanding I'm wondering now whether the answers just bleed from the blanket of blue that I mistook for black thinking it the canvas but it's the beginning and everything else merely a distraction

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Date: 11/25/2023 9:21:00 PM
'and everything else / merely a distraction,' and, what a great distraction this is, your poem, the art in and of itself. nicely said -
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Date: 11/26/2023 12:57:00 AM
Thanks Mat, very kind. It's that funny adventure of feeling you're onto something then something vital is forgotten that made sense of it all. Thanks for the supporting comment
Date: 11/25/2023 6:55:00 PM
I liked this interesting poem. The bigger picture, as well as ourselves, is constantly moving. I ask, "where are we?"
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Date: 11/26/2023 12:55:00 AM
The questions are all too big to comprehend, so I can only dance round them half understanding. Glad you enjoyed the poem x
Date: 11/25/2023 2:35:00 PM
I truly enjoy how your poems offer an explanation for the art...just a beautiful talent you have, Di11y! What on the surface appears to be your ramblings is your thoughts on what the art evoked...you've shown brilliance here. Nicely done! hugs, Sara
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Date: 11/25/2023 3:07:00 PM
"Surface ramblings" - there's probably a poem in that expression haha. Yep, there's always purpose driven by the art with these ones. I let my mind wander to see where it takes me otherwise I'd just write about a splotch with some pen marks on it. It's fun to explore what is missed by just looking at something rather than feeling it. Glad you could engage with it, thanks for your comment x
Date: 11/25/2023 4:11:00 AM
When I did that at school, the teacher called me lazy. Now I know I'm a genius. The teacher has now returned to the constellation, never knowing this. I'll send him an AI message to remind him.
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Date: 11/25/2023 3:03:00 PM
Glad I could help haha

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