YOUNG AND OLD. WELL, WHEN I CONSIDER; THE..OLD...CAN HAVE EXPERIENCES THAT ARE NEW AND YOUNG. BUT THEN... THERE ARE THE YOUNG...WHO ARE CARRYING BURDENS THAT ARE FAR FROM NEW AND QUITE OLD. SO THEN, DEPENDING UPON OCCURRENCES AND CIRCUMSTANCES IN YOUNG AND OLD LIVES, THEY CAN ENTERWINE WHEREBY ...THE YOUNG CAN BE QUITE OLD. AND THE OLD...QUITE YOUNG. INTERESTING COMPARISON, JOHN, THANK YOU. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Your reflections are appreciated as they resonate in many of us and your making them poetic in your style is always interesting and noteworthy. I particularly thought seriously about: The infant young
The soul old
Truth forever young
Lies forever old
as I find in both my nocturnal journeys, as well as many times during the day I will flash on my past and realize how much my old professional life was cluttered with lies and misinformation, long before the world became more aware of technology that could say and be who and whatever they wished to put out there. Sometime, I think how fortunate getting older is for those of us who see it as opportunity, not disappointment. Let us hope, more of the world will think and express the young versus old often with as much wisdom as this piece conveys.
This I find to be an expressive scroll of deeply meaningful reveal, John. I found myself eagerly reading down this column, which makes the ‘form’ you chose for this so very effective. Instead of a disjointed ‘list,’ this was a delightful unveiling. The ringers for me were “Time young/Centuries old” and “The secret young/The gossip old”. I do feel that “Revelation young/Mystery old” is more the other way around…as the youth search into today and tomorrow and the old bring out pictures of yesteryear. “Bubbling springs” has a typo, just so you know. Plus, I have to say your writing is defining the skill of ‘readerly appeal’ in so many ways. I am eager to read your posts and the many surprises you offer. Kudos to you, John! ~~ djl
Reviewed by JoAnne Cromp (Reader)
Reviewed on January 25, 2024
Much fruit in wisdom, beauty and thought provoking as always John. Have a beautiful day):
Robin Ouzman Hislop's poetry is certainly in dialogue with some of the key architects of the 'poetics of indeterminacy' – both the Modernist strands represented by the likes of Beckett and Stein, and the postmodernist strands represented, initially,
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The soul old
Truth forever young
Lies forever old
as I find in both my nocturnal journeys, as well as many times during the day I will flash on my past and realize how much my old professional life was cluttered with lies and misinformation, long before the world became more aware of technology that could say and be who and whatever they wished to put out there. Sometime, I think how fortunate getting older is for those of us who see it as opportunity, not disappointment. Let us hope, more of the world will think and express the young versus old often with as much wisdom as this piece conveys.