My poetry is about anyone who has gone through so many trials and tribulations. Losing a portion of themselves along the way and now they are wondering how much farther can they go with out breaking into pieces.
Do you know what it is like
to wear a smile
when you are choking inside
Do you know what it is like
to look through your tears
trying to find comfort
in spite of your fears
Do you know what it is like
when your heart breaks
and you're left wondering
how much more can you take
Do you know what it is like
to hunger for the years of yesterday
when your heart was light
and your soul ran free
I know what it is like
because those feelings
belongs to me
Powerful write, Janie. Yes I do believe many poetic souls know what that is like for that is the fuel that inspires many great pieces of work and the depth of emotion and compassion that they express. Superb work.
Using Calgary as a backdrop the author satirizes the self-serving nature of the public as it continues to fatten itself, not only physically, but egotistically as well.
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,
In the Whirlwind is a poetic storm that frees history from the cages of corruption and puts it in the hands of everyday people. Words are weaved into a new fashion statement that has nothing to do with runways but everything to do with projects!
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