The subject of the Redon pastel drawing is Pandora, but what she seems to have released is beauty.
I dance among the debris of my dreams,
Scattered in a cloud about your head.
They fall as soft as feathers, shine as bright,
Though you may never see or taste their light.
My arms are full of moonbeams, roses sweet,
And robinโs song fills every heart but yours.
Listen, to the truth his music bringsโ
There is room for you and all your fears
In these silver arms, where moon-sweet beauty sings.
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‘Arms are full of moonbeams’ is beautiful ….
Thank you, Reena ๐
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Always with a great pleasure, and many thanks for your poems and words. They are a real sunshine in the world. ๐ Michael
So beautiful, Jane. I think we were on the same wavelength again. ๐
We share a love of the same things ๐
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When you deeply envy a piece, when it is so exquisite that you lust to have been it’s author, that’s when someone is wonderful. That someone is you jane.
I’m pleased you like this, because it means I wrote something good. But for once I’m going to disagree with you. The way I look at it, there are images and there are words. We don’t all see things the same way and we don’t all have the same facility with words or the same vocabulary. I have a good vocabulary and I use it a lot. It’s a tool to expression, like being able to master paints and pencils or make music. I just use the words I know to describe what I see and feel. I don’t think it’s wonderful except in the sense that it’s enough to give me a sense of achievement. A talent. I’d hesitate to call it a gift. But it’s what I have, so I use it.
I like that you disagree and maybe literally speaking you’re right … a faculty for wide vocabulary is a talent but doesn’t mean writing is good by that virtue i would agree with that i recall a famous poet telking me she has a formula to writing there was no true creativity or inspiration but with you jane there is, so strip away the wordsmithery maybe you wouldn’t be quite as good true, maybe they play off each other. The outcome is often a thing of beauty i do envy and love.
I’m glad you enjoy what I write, and that’s enough for me. Reading many contemporary poets I find I honestly don’t understand what they’re on about. It’s either incredibly intellectually brilliant, or intentionally, pretentiously obscure. Either way, I couldn’t write like that.
Shall we all say it in unisen? Phew! Glad you don’t! I wouldn’t like a stepford fake version of you, you suit realโก
I’m not too clever for my own good, and that suits me fine. It means I can understand my own poetry ๐
Always useful!
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That first line is something else…love it. Great piece.
Thanks Marie ๐ I’m pleased you like it.