PURE AESTHETICISM
shattered
neurasthenia
fashionably
stylised
reluctantly
translated
with
abandoned
familiarity
implicitly
subtle
&
complex
ineffable
artificial
alternatives
of
nonchalant
effete
elaborate
teasing
ornamental
revelatory
consequence
incidental
to
genuine
impression
In this world of heartless consumption
waste of human life to the whipsaw;
children shot dead while at recess
never did so little mean so much
then when a deer in a field
saw you and you him
nothing mattered
as neither blinked.
Self-righteous take aim,
the pious obey at the sight
non-believers stare but afraid
little orbs of shimmering lights,
admiring all in the wafting shade,
stars peek and rage during the loss;
stunning was how twilight was made,
as teary eyes peer at the lightened cross.
Wallace Stevens said:
"Poetry is not personal."
He tried never to divulge
anything about himself
in his poems.
So he said.
But the work is
self-revelatory: veiled confessions,
repeated choices -- water, sea motion,
weather, the sky -- introspective isolation --
those silences and descriptive phrases
that communicate and characterize.
Human, no one --
especially not poets --
can really hide.
METICULOUS
points
of coincidence
involving
the
earthly
realm
deservedly
displayed
as
cryptic
utterances
impossible
to decipher
based on circles
segmented
intersecting
divided
so
precisely
elegant
&minimalistic
with fine
distinctions
& variation
in complex
permutations
segregated
in scintillating
flashing
tilting
then receding
in theatrical
spirals
& curves
forward
& back
to& fro
the
inseparable
ethereal
abstract
in
a
revelatory
context
to draw to
attention
to the
deeply
absorbing
SHAPES
so playful
&
revelatory
yet
& strange
captivating
meticulous
& exquisite
full
of
conceived
emotion
a stunning
series
of radiants
striations
dotted here
& there
with a
sense
of
the evocative
ambiguity
to
evoke
an
array
of
the
subtle
to
conflate
&exquisitely
condense
the
understatement
back &forth
in
a
rectilinear
seam
of nothingness
in
a
visual diary
of
yesterdays
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Copyright © Brian Strand
HIDEAWAY
a
definitive
tendency
to impute
a
significant
reverence
to
detail
discovery
&
its rarity
to the
particular
beautiful
revelatory
& restored
the novelty
&
tantalising
significance
of
reality
of
being
alive
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Copyright © Brian Strand
MIRROR
an artifice
of endeavour
precise
candid & confiding
quietly
in unobtrusive
clarity
a focus
mirrored in
unshowy
lucidity
in calm
equanimity
inducing
feelings of
anxiety
a
revelatory
addendum
intimate &
immediate
beguiling yet
singular
with
interesting
glints
&gleams
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Copyright © Brian Strand
FOCUS
an artifice
of endeavour
precise
candid & confiding
quietly
in unobtrusive
clarity
a focus
mirrored in
unshowy
lucidity
in calm
equanimity
inducing
feelings of
anxiety
a
revelatory
addendum
intimate &
immediate
beguiling yet
singular
with
interesting
glints
&gleams
TONES
a scathing
ring of truth
indulging a
kind of hope
with awkward
revelations
so glamorous
yet
decadent debauched
&reluctant
in
an intimate setting
of perception
recast
to intervene
&
sought comfort
of desire
so sweet — until
tension was
present
this closeness
within
the
relationship
of
intrigue
so circumspect
& on display
yet
constructive &
respectful.
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Copyright © Brian Strand
ERUDITION
unveiled
to the past
&the future
to a
ambitious
pre-eminence
now
no longer
a given
to challenge
&
correct
the
irrelevant
moving
in
a different direction
once
besotted by
tradition
so
revelatory
yet
elemental
reach out
within
ourselves
afresh
to voyage
a complete
rethink
in
small
interventions
of the
moment
to the
postmodern
& be transformed
simultaneously
to make
evident
separately
ensure
relevance
of
the
scholarly
&
innovative
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Which is better or bitter without been in cool paints?
What will remembrance be like if there is no alphabets?
To memorise all thoughts would be very silly of sages
Or something else like the divinely blessed earth revelatory saints
What more would be the perfect ever glowing safe diskettes?
Enclosed tightly in a well framed document of many pages
Power to the deaf and relief to all who stammer
Its awesomeness has learned students unique ability to create writes
Of different kinds figured historical building the classes
Which keeps redirecting and reshaping human as it continuously hammer
On all ears the need to respect one another's rights
Its effects remain despite how soon each new generation passes
Thanks to the awesome 18 consonants that romance the vowels
What more diamonds are; digged deep all out from heart
Absorbing all the beautiful thoughts of minds like dry towels
And restructure its uniqueness into a pleasant and lovely art
reimagined
conventions
from multiple
angles
complemented
repeatedly
rich&individual
yearning
fora sense
of difference
dramatic
changes so
revelatory
in exhilarating
richness
liberated
&
in personal
way
a conflated
pervasiveness
baffling &
perverse
in an
atmosphere
so tantalising
&beautifully
in
simplified
allusions
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SECOND THOUGHTS
comprehensive
yet
idiosyncratic
souvenirs
with unfailingly
interesting
but insular
an artefact
so
intricate
& exquisite
perfect&
precise
a miniaturism
palm-sized
auspicious
an
appropriation
with
appreciation of
reality
almost
revelatory
that breathes
& transforms
novelty
into
a reality
so
comprehensive &
often
charmingly
decorative
THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making the form a two way interplay and often a unique interpretation by the enigma so derived
In this world of heartless consumption
waste of human life to the whipsaw;
never did so little mean so much
when one lonely deer in a field
saw you and you saw him
nothing else mattered...
as neither blinked.
2 Feb 2021
All Yours (Feb 2) Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Brian Strand
THE OTHER GOD
It is a rare noise I hear.
Those sounds that seem to say:
I could be a pond; or
Have been a reflection.
Knees that are forever bent
Into a prayer of all things.
I am in each thing.
The aspect shown,
The one that is most needed.
The slope of spring untended,
While walking toward an answer;
always visiting myself in stranger’s clothes.
I don’t think anyone imagines
quite enough these days
To meet
Their other God.
Fortunately I don't mind jumping to the tune
of something new fresh and revelatory
but how is it that the novel unique and unusual
can render the familiarity of your embrace
somewhat unfamiliar as in the case where
surprise is desired as much as love or truth
and we let the next moment work its magic
unpredicted unexpected unanticipated
a home with chairs and tables on the ceiling
my dog with a tangerine eye wagging two tails
doors that open only once but many of them
an irreversability that creates nothing but wish
my arms around you while writing this
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