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Evolving Emotions: Last Glow

November 21, 2021December 13, 2021 EKArts Leave a comment

I saw the stars this morning

The sun had not yet climbed the shingled roofs

Nor surmounted the plumes of smoke

Produced by the slumbering city

Each a fleck of twinkling perfection

My eyes gleamed alongside them

In a vast gift

A sight to behold

These gems of the sky are deceptive

They hide their torment

The destruction that defines their state

They are dead and dying.

That which is beautiful

Is temporary

Breathe in the expanse

The comforting peace

This quiet morning

For it is not forever

Although we wish it to be

There will be a last

Air leaves the lungs

Carrying the soul in its glow

These precious stars shine

Despite their fate

Despite their circumstance

Do not grieve

Let the feeling linger

Let the light bathe you

Do not taint it with sadness

For it happened

It was wonderful

I saw the stars this morning

And it was wonderful.

This was taken on a camping trip with friends a few years ago. It was a moment of pure joy.

Evolving Emotions: Forevermore

October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 EKArts Leave a comment

I feel your presence beside me

On the frigid, unforgiving Earth

On the lonely wooden park bench

On the gentle bed we shared

I hear your voice

In the corridor you passed

In the kitchen you cherished

In the doorway to our home

I smell you in all that is beautiful

A hint of lavender in someone’s hair

A box of oranges sold at the market

A loaf of bread I find at the bakery

I surmise that I’ve see you

Maybe?

Maybe not.

Perhaps it is madness

It’s hard to discern

The wishes and whims

The truth and sacred lies

Perhaps, I witness what I was too blind to see yesterday

No matter

Alas,

We are apart

But soon

We will feel each other’s warmth

In a plane unlike this one

My joy

My love

My apparition forevermore

The Poetry Corner – 13 April 2021

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Eli Neumann Leave a comment

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This week I would like to feature a poem I found recently that I think is powerful and important to read. It is from the accomplished poet R. Erica Doyle, and her words about the poem are given at the end.

The Poetry Corner – 7 April 2021

April 7, 2021April 6, 2021 Eli Neumann Leave a comment

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This week I am featuring the poet Swidala Swami from India. She is a varied writer, also working in fiction and children’s literature. Her work ranges in themes, but seems to have particular focus on love and loss. The two poems I selected to show today use these themes well, and perhaps in unexpected ways.

The Poetry Corner – 30 March 2021

March 30, 2021April 6, 2021 Eli Neumann Leave a comment

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This week I would like to feature the contemporary poet Aria Aber, whose work I admire. This is her most recent poem published in the New Yorker. The poem also references another poem by a different poet I enjoy, and that poem is given below as well.

The Poetry Corner – 24 March 2021

March 24, 2021March 23, 2021 Eli Neumann Leave a comment

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This week’s post is a little different from the last few. Featured is one of my favorite poems that for some reason embedded itself in my mind and has never left. I wrote a short essay analyzing the poem, and by sharing it I hope to give a small taste of how poems can work, even really short ones like this one. I hope you enjoy it!