sometimes they appear effusively ebullient
need curtailing, pruning
succinctness of clarity demands simple concepts
a fresh way to express tired vernacular
see contrasts that light and dark embody
simile is like a bridge, connecting this to that
ideas behind envisioned conditions
what is seen, what is known
cupid's arrow finding its mark
carefully selected properly place alliterations age
as fine wine, appreciating moments of the tongue
if cramped, forced to salute like a new recruit
become ill fitting as a six fingured glove
noticeable as a red light on easy street
onomatopoea telegraphs transparent thought
Ohhh, moment of culmination cry the lovers
adjust concepts, fit themes, clarify voice
say meaningful words of intuitive insight
gamble fearlessly, search for elusive quarries
loadstones of vocaulary
prized like adamantine crystals in kinberlite
you can have it all, heart's desire
etched tablets that tell of word's meaning
chisled till they're Rosetta stones
Thoughts casting shadows,
hiding truth beneath its wings.
Searching for answers,
blinded by darkness.
lost in forgotten ideas,
Blurry images.
Faint light develops,
breaking darkness’ talons.
Grasping for the light,
defending its life.
Shielding it as darkness fades,
light grows strong and high.
Merging with poet,
moving through and into hands.
Pen clutched tight writing,
soul begins to flow.
Empowering light evolves,
birthing new ideas.
Thoughts become more clear,
poet feeds off lights warm glow,
touching hearts and lives.
Light begins to fade,
shadows return to attack,
search begins again.
Nathan Bane Leccese
© All Rights Reserved 06/30/09
...for Hart Crane
From dark to light transfusing in a flash,
your silver-sequined mystery
that breathes new electricity,
it shines where none has shone before,
this trembling luminescence,
through waves refracted with your sheen
yet show no movement readily,
no broken sea reveals your rippled hand.
Layer upon layer endlessly,
the waves preclude all semblance of your face,
and roll, so indeterminate their swell,
that light cannot quite penetrate the gloom;
and sun and stars no energy can gather
to clarify your loveliness for me.
Yet in the dusk your light still lingers,
bright and undeniable, the mystery
still haunts my dreams and will for evermore.
Permit me to be by your side once more.