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· The Kite That Would Not Bow

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Elusive Quest

by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com

For those with answers, there are many more of us with questions. (Image by pinterest)

Saturday, November 16, 2019


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Elusive Quest

From where
the currents form
that first breath
first cry
suckling
coo

From where
begins tenuous longings
begat by sudden voltage
cranial hostage without voice
not knowing
not yet equipped
only growing synaptic wanderings

From where
comes liberation
sentient pleads exploding
expression finally knowing its needs

Yet

We wonder
we challenge
we...

From where
does creative experience derive its understanding
that place wisdom becomes the new voice
where the stranger’s "Hi"
opens expansive trust
makes attachment moot
relies not on expectation
simply allows the now of then

the then of now

Elusive the quest

 

How patient the rewards

 

 



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Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on November 17, 2019
That's the challenge we all face, elusiveness be damned. The rewards are worth the quest.

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on November 16, 2019
Ditto what Jerry said, the ending is perfect in this endless quest.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on November 16, 2019
. . . "Elusive the quest / How patient the rewards" All I could do was shake my head in wonderment . . . FANtastic poem.


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