To dance barefoot upon Dusk’s misted carpet, to feel words worm a path to my soul and tear open old wounds, wrap me in contemporary concepts.
Bank a fire. Cause a dream. Catch
a nine-letter word for soft (surely there is one!)
on the tip of my index finger. To feel,
caress, fancy, inhale, bask, embrace, bleed,
die
…if I must, but let it be in Poetry’s dazzling light!
Is this too much to ask?
You bludgeon me with Reality while I yearn
only for shelter in analogy, my yoke
a harness of tempting text.
You show me raging seas, tempests tossed
as the Green of eons evaporates
under spreading atoms…Life's summit.
My endurance is at its apex, Minerva,
I beg you stop;
my senses are desperate to feast upon the buds
of lilacs, the coil of ivy
just one season more.
Grant me this thing and I will prune the olive branches
in your stead. Then,
chained to the tail of a passing comet, I will surrender to your darker Bleak Heavens
and the final unwritten page.
Sorry...the headlines and CNN just get to you some days, don't they?
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Reviews of "Minerva Goes Unchained"
Reviewed by Amber Lynn (Reader)
Reviewed on January 22, 2003
I still want a book with just your poetry in it. I work at a B. Dalton, and would love to have something new to sell in the poetry line. Excellent as always.
Reviewed by Amber Lynn (Reader)
Reviewed on January 20, 2003
Love your line breaks and natural, free rhythm. Very nice work indeed. Wonderful image. Much enjoyed.
Thank you for your kind comments concerning my work. I am grateful for them.
Be well,
Michael
Reviewed by Faye Enno (Reader)
Reviewed on January 20, 2003
This was just great!
Excellent piece..
Reviewed by Trey Bienville (Reader)
Reviewed on January 19, 2003
What a tapestry of truth, exposing so many of my own thoughts & feeling! Love...
A New Fan... Trey!
God, yes they do and I thank god for this, ohhh, damn oh...you, i thank so much, how this feels, how, inside another...your words, my friend just, so...true, and spoke what maybe i couldn't, oh i love your work..and this, thank you...truly, thank you..ah, (((Patricia))), YOU had the courage to write it...oh!
m.
My Guru,
You know how I feel about this poem, it moved me so much, that I had to write yesterday! You are the inspiration behind "Calliope...By Request"!
Love Ya,
Maria
xoxoxox
Reviewed by Adam Walsvik (Reader)
Reviewed on January 15, 2003
I came close to religeous ecstacy at the end there. I am awed by what you can conjure at will!
This is a feast for the poet...especially one like me who can only wish to write like this! I say screw the news, but can't stop watching...go figure;-)...love the art also;-)
excellent, patricia, the news has a way of intruding and shattering the peace we feel within...well written and heartfelt. i still want to be informed, however, i don't sit and watch the news for hours like i used to...september 11 changed all that... (((HUGS))) and love, karla. :)
to be granted and surrender ... really, really liked this.
Reviewed by na na (Reader)
Reviewed on January 15, 2003
Patricia, this is beautiful and opens your heart to the feelings trapped by a facade of
stone. Digging past the stone with a jack-hammer of lifes emotions to dig out your feelings that touch your soul and touch my heart. Wonderful Lady. Cheer up. Some people love you very much. Bill
Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on January 15, 2003
I know Baby Girl, they got to me so bad I had to stop watching for a while. This is wonderful work. Try to have a good day.
This book presents a narrative story of one person's journey of transcendental Awakening and Enlightenment as guided by his two Sage companions. It is grounded in Zen Buddhist and Taoist perspective and uses the I Ching as its structural framework. T
Thank you for your kind comments concerning my work. I am grateful for them.
Be well,
Michael
Excellent piece..
A New Fan... Trey!
m.
thought provoking and evokes many beautiful images.
You know how I feel about this poem, it moved me so much, that I had to write yesterday! You are the inspiration behind "Calliope...By Request"!
Love Ya,
Maria
xoxoxox
Adam
Love from India - Joel -
stone. Digging past the stone with a jack-hammer of lifes emotions to dig out your feelings that touch your soul and touch my heart. Wonderful Lady. Cheer up. Some people love you very much. Bill