Sunday, September 16, 2007
Ghazal on the Inner Harbor
The world exists for what you know
come clear my mists for what you know!
some scale the heights of worldly ease
some slash their wrists for what you know
the water of the harbor shines
my hope persists for what you know
recruiters spread their poison nets
a lad enlists for what you know
some copulate in wild desire
some pound their fists for what you know
some sing majestic hymns some brood
as parodists for what you know
some take monastic vows some visit
therapists for what you know
some feed the flame of inward prayer
some lips are kissed for what you know
the poet chants like some demented
hypnotist for what you know
the lover seeks for union
in the secret tryst for what you know
the wedding is pictorially
a symbolist for what you know
as years appear & fade I'm lost
in surging wist for what you know
the writer's eyes glint glad with
a dramatic twist for what you know
like Raphael I'll crush my life
still grinding grist for what you know
Baltimore, Maryland
(afternoon, 15 September 2007)
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2 comments:
lovely. I like the tone very much, that pent up feel-- im not so sure about "symbolist" though. Somehow the word grates slightly... we can play word jumble with it, or maybe I just need to nap now :)
works very well. "my hope persists for what you know"
:)
Grazie wiz!
Good critique -- I've now tweaked the symbolist couplet (altering phrasing to give a different heft). Originally was "the wedding is illustrative / as symbolist..." -- and I think perhaps the problem was more with "is illustrative as" than with symbolist. :-) Comparing, concur?
cheers, d.i.
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