stalked by chronological narration
chased by master plots
haunted by the usual suspects
the characters of high brow prose
damsels in disress
and their cohorts
thorn apart by the cruel world
due sacrifices of the righteous people
of whom nothing less is expected
ever since the opening sentence
I run away from metamorphs,
barewolfs
and their maturation
from predictable fables of
strong lions’ and cunning foxes’
irreversible transformations
bypassing allegories and metaphors
I hide
from conventional morals of the story
in the variable curses
of magical conversing
in unevenly rhymed verses
L.R.S.
Hi Lena, I try not to comment on others poetry (I write much of it myself, and then chuck it in with the pile.. that I started when I was a young teenager LOL,) don’t get me wrong, much I read like & much I don’t (including my own). Have always wondered why I am drawn to some & shy away from others. I am not a sadsack by nature, if you got to know me in real life I am … well, boring 🙂 hehe… I don’t use illegal drugs, I do not drink alcohol & I don’t smoke (well I haven’t for over 30 years) nor am I a religious fanatic… I am not against any of these activities, (and I certainly do not think it in an way makes me superior) though the path I have chosen calls for utter sobriety to withstand some of the tricky bits… even though I may present as the town wino/drug user….
What interests me, particularly when reading say your poetry/prose is:
The language (as well as the situation(s) that led to the writing)
Do you think in your mother language then look for words in English to put forward what you want to say? Is this a problem for you?
From what I have read of yours… it does not seem to be 🙂
I will be more than happy to keep reading them if you keep sending them …
(and I’ll let you in on a little secret, but shhh.. don’t tell anybody… I like your words 😉
You – boring?! Mwahhah, you don’t know my way of life then, dear Jim – i am the epitome of BORING!!! Actually, i prefer the term “eventless for prolonged periods of time”lol!) I was around the block couple of times when i was much younger – but at some point of time one has to decide are they striving to be an addict – or a serious person, i choose the latter. One can’t possibly be drinking heavily/ taking halucogens – and serving their country, also i don’t think there is any need to jeopardize your own health and brain a single day after you are 25… (if you didn’t do it before that – as they say, you don’t have heart; afterwards – if you do it – you don’t have brain ;))
It’s all in comparison – if you compare me to Hassids my observance level might seem lack ( i am to the very right of Conservative, speaking in terms of Jewish observance); many though consider me ‘too religious’, whatever that means – i simply do the best i can and that does involve keeping our dietary laws and sanctification of the Day of Rest – and many other things too, including NOT jeopardizing your own life by crazy & unneeded actions which is forbidden in Judaism (so, no bungee jumping either, and no drugs of course)
I was just saying to Managua, i was raised within the energetic field and in the framework of thought of Yiddish, my knowledge of which by now is almost passive; with all the meditative practices and stuff by now you would be surprised how little i engage into the actual process of thinking – most often i see images and then i “convert” those into any of the languages i speak 😉
I love this – well done, it made me smile (a lot) 😀
Thank you, dear Dianne! xxxx
Hehe, you are cool Lena! 🙂 I do not think you are boring or “eventless for long periods of time” rather you:
* Know what questions to ask * When & why to ask them ….and do it in manner to which you ‘can’ add a little spice if you choose to with answers & knowledge to back them up! (sometimes with a little spice/passion which is good … you see, you feel, above all you have faith … which to me is the ~ not doing~ of believing ( i didn’t make that up myself, it’s from something I read somewhere then experienced many times) in my studies & practice of ~magick/knowledge~ for over 40 years or so (I detest the the term witchcraft as I find it debasing & rather misleading) and a very trendy term. No, none of it is about trinket idolatory or looking the part or devouring drugs & dogma to fit in with ‘some in crowd’ .. rather to me… it about being a :
Human…”being”.
Being- being a verb of our actions & conciousness.
When I mentioned religious fanatic before, perhaps I used the wrong term, I meant no offence to anybody.
For me religion is a lifelong celebration that involves much hardwork & dedication, I know you know that anyway, shit my substance abuse led me to a swollen liver, amongst other things, I thought I had reasons to do it & didn’t give a shit what happened to my body & doctors saying I would not live to 40 years of age (when I was in my early 20’s) now I am a bit over 55 and loving it.
I’m starting to ramble so I might leave it there 😉
(feel free to delete this, I would be in no way offended)
Jim, LOL!!! DELETE?! If i publish these essays – which is most likely going to happen – i’ll ask you for permission to publish your comments (and of course let you add what you want and remove what you don’t want from them!)
This is the best part of blogging and I ABSOLUTELY ADORE YOUR COMMENTS! I got into blogging so i can interact with wise people – i know i am often wrong and, sadly, even more often quite stubborn about my own believes! You know that i am not a commercial writer – and i switched to blogging after 4 published books, so that what you think is not OK, is actually the fuel which makes me going on! You do know that you are held in highest possible regard by me. 😉