Yes, I did. I was with some others, who were laughing at the poetry of a dead person. I was joining in, at first; but then I suddenly felt it differently. I felt for the one we we laughing at, as though that person were present and and saddened by our mockery. Then it was as though each sound of laughter echoing in my head, some of which had come from my own belly, was now a source of shame. It was as though suddenly I felt the eyes of all my deceased family and everyone who'd gone before.
Thanks, Katherine. My most intense reading experience was Poe's "The Raven," which I read before going to bed one night about a decade ago. I awoke, shortly after having fallen asleep, from a terribly magnificent nightmare that, for a few seconds, continued, after I awoke. It was a mixture of the horrible and the grotesque and the absurd: a pale man in a giant bird suit, just standing in the corner of my room, staring at me.
Hi David. I was reading some of W. B. Yeats today , He wishes for the cloths of heaven... Then I turned on the computer and found your work., and thought to my self...It's a fine day for poetry....Well done mate, it's very good.....Mel
That's very flattering; I'm a fan of Yeats's line, "How can we know the dancer from the dance?" Which is a question that I think about in terms of performances and essence of the performer. In your approach to making people conscientious of our environment, do you think its better to encourage the person to perform duties of an environmentalist first, then "become" one--or is it the other way around?
Hi David, you had me scratching my head over an answer to this question, to act and then become an environmentalist? or become an environmentalist and then act. Is there an answer?, I dont know , but they both lead to the same result, a better world.....Cheers pal....Mel
Wow, great production, very effective!!
BrianDornTFP 2 years ago
Wow, this is really good...very haunting and poetic. Did you write this yourself?
MissDashwood 2 years ago
Yes, I did. I was with some others, who were laughing at the poetry of a dead person. I was joining in, at first; but then I suddenly felt it differently. I felt for the one we we laughing at, as though that person were present and and saddened by our mockery. Then it was as though each sound of laughter echoing in my head, some of which had come from my own belly, was now a source of shame. It was as though suddenly I felt the eyes of all my deceased family and everyone who'd gone before.
dsbuchalter 2 years ago
David I love it and your simple but very effective optical effect works perfectly 5 stars and into my favourites.
Kind Regards
Jim Clark
poetryanimations 2 years ago
BTW- visually, is this an example of the so called "The LIGHT". as in go to the light?
dohertykaki 3 years ago
This is Edgar Allen Poe'ish. K love it.
dohertykaki 3 years ago
Thanks, Katherine. My most intense reading experience was Poe's "The Raven," which I read before going to bed one night about a decade ago. I awoke, shortly after having fallen asleep, from a terribly magnificent nightmare that, for a few seconds, continued, after I awoke. It was a mixture of the horrible and the grotesque and the absurd: a pale man in a giant bird suit, just standing in the corner of my room, staring at me.
dsbuchalter 3 years ago
So Poe was pretty upset about his unrequited love for someone, right? (who isn't?) Anyway:
Nevermore. . .hmmm.. . . just a thought: "neva-more" in his Boston accent . . . hence nev-amore . . . neu amore . . . no amore? no love?
dsbuchalter 3 years ago
very clever 'break down' of "neva-more"!
Wow, that is a terribly magnificent night mare! I love the story, "Tell Tale Heart". K
dohertykaki 3 years ago
Poe Baby :( I didn't know. K
dohertykaki 3 years ago
Hi David. I was reading some of W. B. Yeats today , He wishes for the cloths of heaven... Then I turned on the computer and found your work., and thought to my self...It's a fine day for poetry....Well done mate, it's very good.....Mel
amazongift 3 years ago
That's very flattering; I'm a fan of Yeats's line, "How can we know the dancer from the dance?" Which is a question that I think about in terms of performances and essence of the performer. In your approach to making people conscientious of our environment, do you think its better to encourage the person to perform duties of an environmentalist first, then "become" one--or is it the other way around?
dsbuchalter 3 years ago
Hi David, you had me scratching my head over an answer to this question, to act and then become an environmentalist? or become an environmentalist and then act. Is there an answer?, I dont know , but they both lead to the same result, a better world.....Cheers pal....Mel
amazongift 3 years ago
simply amazing.
JaYnEsAyZ 3 years ago
thanks jaYnE. I connected this poem with the James Joyce ilnk and thought of your video on education in Ireland from a while ago.
dsbuchalter 3 years ago
really beautiful poem i really appreciate
joliroi 3 years ago
thank you joliroi. It's because of you that I now try to write the words in the "More Info" section.
dsbuchalter 3 years ago
Hauntingly beautiful. Great!
dohertykaki 3 years ago
cheers K, thanks for listening.
dsbuchalter 3 years ago