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Living with a Stranger
by Janet P Caldwell → (All Poetry by Janet P Caldwell)
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In search of oneself, with the voices inside screaming...


On the inside looking out

In here shouldn’t be strange

The place seems different,

And it hasn’t changed.

The inner workings of a

Pumping clock, tock, tock, tock

Confusing! Am I inside a vein

That’s been rearranged?

Whooshing, feeding

A feral heart I don’t recognize

Yet, I it call mine, mine, mine, mine!

Pulsing, whirring pressure,

Crimson liquid cadence, a

Thump..thump..thump

This tempo driven by the mallets of a

Mad, mad tympanist, that

Idiot coxswain, insistent screaming,

Undignified, and I can’t quite hear

Past the machinery, vague, a familiar

Voice, tortured, squealing constriction,

Forceful bleating, wailing.

Enough! You woeful, irritating

Wretch, be quiet, leave me in pieces.

Fading now, receding, muffled

Beats and calm asserts itself,

Distant taps and lake surf,

Quieter now. Still, that couldn’t have

Been me; I’m suspended, in diminished

Urgency, ecstasy by comparison,

Stretching myself, effaced.

Until the next alarm.

©2002- 2009 Caldwell Phillips

 

Reviewed by Saundra Washington D.D. 6/7/2005
 
Like it, like it a lot!!!
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by E. Richardson 1/28/2005
 
this most certainly resonates...vivid imagery and the flow is flawless...splendid work, Janet.
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by R.D. Pounds 1/22/2005
 
As powerful and vivid as ever...Have a great new year, Jan!

Gina
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Sandie Angel 1/2/2005
 
A marvelous piece of writing. Love it from beginning to end!

Happy New Year, Janet!

Sandie Angel a.k.a. Sandie May Angel :o)
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Ronald Dondiego 1/1/2005
 
Sensational! I really loved the way it ends. "Stretching myself, effaced. Until the next alarm." Powerful pieces, Happy New Year - your pal, Ron
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Ian Thorpe 12/31/2004
 
Mad Timpanist? Well if we are doing percussion metaphors babes, you ring my tubular bell. DING - DONG
love
Ian
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Dale Clark 12/30/2004
 
A great piece Janet!
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by jude forese 12/29/2004
 
glad to see your work ...
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Tinka Boukes 12/29/2004
 
Intriguing write Janet!!

Happy Holidays!!

Love Tinka
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Debashish Haar (Reader) 12/29/2004
 
I like the onomatopoeia(sound effects) in this rather surreal poem, some existential agonies are expressed very closely. I am not convinced with ellipses in Thump..thump..thump. You use them when you have a POV(point of view) skip. It is little overwraught and over punctuated towards the end...Though this can be deliberate to get the effect of turbulence...

D
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader) 12/29/2004
 
This is powerful Janet, incredible description of something usually indescribable.
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader) 12/29/2004
 
Most interesting and intriguing poem..
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Lori Moore 12/28/2004
 
Wonderful write.
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Nordette Adams 12/28/2004
 
Powerful language, a tight weave. Thanks, Janet.
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Donna Quesinberry 12/28/2004
 
janet,

the bleating cocci
of the beast within

excellent!

thanks,
d.
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Kate Clifford 12/28/2004
 
You have such a gift when it comes to descriptions of the inner workings! Great write.
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Bob Holt 12/28/2004
 
This was great. There are times when we don't know what we are capable of inside of ourselves.

Bob H
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Regis Auffray 12/28/2004
 
Superbly insightful, Janet. This provoked my thinking. Thank you. Love and peace to you. Regis
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by M.Bennett Hooper (Mikii) 12/28/2004
 
Excellence is sharing life with a stranger and living it. Bravo my friend.
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Mitzi Jackson 12/28/2004
 
I agree with most but I think Trask says it all
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Ronald Hull 12/28/2004
 
Now that's getting inside oneself, Janet. I felt like I was there.
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by George Carroll 12/28/2004
 
Wonderful sleep.
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by E T Waldron 12/28/2004
 
Always exceptional ,always full of pain! Hope 2005 will be better, blessings to you! Love, Eileen
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by - - - - - TRASK 12/28/2004
 
All People Are Strangers Especially To Themselves,i.e. Until That Next Alarm Sounds!!

Excellent!

TRASK
 
 
 
 
Reviewed by Sue Hess 12/28/2004
 
Hi old friend. i was glad to see that caldwell phillips name together still. this is truly exceptional


      


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 Reviews of "Living with a Stranger"
Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on October 11, 2009
I haven't changed my mind since the last time I read this. It's great.

Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on October 10, 2009
WONDERUL WORK - ENJOYED THIS 'EMOTIONAL EXPOSURE'. THANKS FOR SHARING AND BLESSINGS. JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Sage Sweetwater
Reviewed on October 9, 2009
Bi-polar meets robotics assembly line! A healthy dose of self-medicating poetry, Janet...

Love,
Sage


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