Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “New Light” — by: rob kistner © 4/29/24
Poet
do not weave
your fabric of myth
or speak to us in grand riddle
telling of the mysteries
of the spheres
or glorious
times past
help us see
a new way of light
set ablaze our pure hearts
with true fire
of honesty
Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Fire of Truth & Honesty”
by: rob kistner © 4/29/24
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rob kistner © 2024
Poetry at: dVerse
If only poets could do that…. I feel that we never reach the true audience.
Many are not listening Björn — but their is another audience to whom we also reach out… ourself. Sometimes we even listen… 🙂
yeah… I wish…
~David
Ditto ditto my friends… 😐
Your quadrille is like a prayer, Rob, especially these lines:
‘help us see
a new way of light
set ablaze our pure hearts
with true fire
of honesty’.
In that it is a petition Kim, then I guess it is a prayer.
Bringing out our truths is key…for ourselves and others. I love the depth of this, Rob. Hope you are doing well.
Thank you Mish… 🙂
Nice ending. The poem reminded me of the sentiment of Ada Limón’s
“The End of Poetry.”
https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poems/poem/103-30721_THE-END-OF-POETRY
Thank you so much Maria. I am flattered and humbled to have my piece recall to you a piece by our Port Laureate… 🙂 …I just followed your link, snd read the “End Of Poetry”. I love Ada’s piece! Thank you for steering me there my friend… 😉
On the world wide stage … would it not be miraculous if we managed to follow your poetic musings? Even a fraction. Well done, my Friend.
I can certainly hope Helen, but I will not hold my breath, my friend. The world is as of the world is a bit fucked up but wonderful all the same, and the only one we got… 😉
Yes Rob this! Seems to me more and more of us are, it not attaining this, at least looking for it. May it be so!
I am exhausted at times by this faux world in which it seems we live. I am glad to be 77 with failing heart. Sometimes I debate whether or not to put the new battery in my Pacemaker next year. They monitor it closely so I probably have no say in the matter. But sometimes I am just so tired of the human bullshit constantly in the daily news. COD — battery died… 😐
Hi Rob, this poem is superb.
Thank you Robbie… 🙂
Wow, beautiful artwork! And a good message in the poem too – we can get so wound up in our elaborate phrases and mystic metaphors that we run the risk of being incomprehensible, and then what good is our writing?
Writing can fascinate, but the gift of writing is to truly communicate in a captivating way — that is poetry Nicole… 😉