i always enjoy your work

Interesting juxtoposition, sleight of hand and politics.

Ron

Really? Okay, I'm coming across the GW for you right now. I already feel the water from the broken water main that broke today on my toes. Can you see me yet? Send the palomino out to fetch me, okay. Feel me? LOL. *mwah!* ~~Nordette

Very enlightening poetry Jude!

My favorite stanza is:
The magician
levitates midair
over the crowd who wonder and stare
It really painted a picture in my mind.

Ahhh, magic, it's all in the eyes of the beholder. This is so thought provoking, Robert! Very well done.
Love,
CJ

So very true and an interesting sketch of different personalities. Is this a new side that we will see of Jude? Very interesting :-) Just like your new photo :-)

Very interesting chosen words of
Magic here!
reality is different for so many of us
that we often wish for magic to become reality
very beautifully written and a very intense poetic view!!
Love And Peace To You Always Your Friend..Morning Star

...and that magic sustains even in the darkest of nights...
love it, jude. your words nourish, as always.
carolyn

Interesting choice of new Biog pic, Jude... perhaps that's why Anita referred to you as Merlin!?? Looks like you are causing little yellow balls to be suspended mid-air! :)) Somehow made me think of Tom Paine and The Age of Reason (or Rage?!) and The Rights of Man.

And it seems he was another who called into question all that would subjugate and sublimate our primieval instincts and joys, thereby lessening our capacity for experience on all of our sensorial levels. Perhaps it was fitting that he was born the son of a corset-maker in Norfolk before meeting Benjamin Franklin and influencing affairs on your side of the Pond!

... As this poem would appear to demonstrate, often it is the effect achieved that is more to be concerned about than the means whereby it is able to be experienced. Doubtless, some illusionists are bent on bad intent; some dreamers are following the trail to a new Woodstock and gathering others along the way; and still others are just out to stretch the mind, imagination in the ways of possibility, design and potential, causing a grand awakening. And still others, I guess, are just plain having fun and doing their own thing. Whatever. It is up to us to either accept what is offered or to reject it and what is produced within each one of us is a result controlled by us, not them...

Just thought I'd try and throw a little something different into the black top hat.... :)) Kate xx

Love this ,Hugssss

Without magic within our heats life would be extremely dull

umfa ah umfa ah umfa ahhhhhhhhhh the poetic cannibal got you my friend, great group of magical words

I do belive in magic and I do belive in the magic of words that you have sprinkled on us Merlin Forese
pax a lol

...and this is why I will continue, to be a dreamer! Very moving write for me Jude, as I am constantly reminded that I am too much of a dreamer...I think not! Made me smile!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~

Truly our eyes and senses can be deceived, and reality is different for many. And sometimes we want the magic to be reality... Excellent write, Jude.

Peace. Joyce

Yes it's in what we feel within our own preceptions. Thought provoking Jude.

We all create our realities, as best we can, out of illusions, be they our own or created by someone else. Perhaps it is better to close our eyes and feel the magic that comes from within.

Love & Light always and in all ways,
Joseph*

"The reality of the matter
Is the magic you feel"

wonderful and so true, enjoyed this

Roberts,

The results can only lie in the ultimate goals that we set for ourselves. A slight of hand can never atone for the wonders of the mind.

Just an illusion is an excellent write Robert
No tricks here in your scribe
Enjoyed reading
Peace

William

Magic...sheer magic...your poem.

I like this poem, it's magic, not like pulling a rabbit out of a hat, but like pulling a pleased audience out of a visionary's mind...

Sage

Without a doubt, whatever it is you feel or believe in your heart, is your reality. Jude your poetry never fails to express the true human condition. ~ Sara

Ooooh!!! Robert!!!!! Yes, magic comes to those who can feel!!!!!!
Wonderful write indeed!!!!!

Sandie May Angel :o)

Doesn't matter whether it's real or not as long as you feel it.
Magic is as real as real is magic.
Thought provoking write Robert.

Lisa

Some say the power of the mind can do anything. If you never believe you can do anything, you will do nothing.
You have to be able to accept the possibility of magic as reality before it can be percieved as real. And you have to truely belive it IS real before it actually becomes real.
Good write!

I am now reading your works to my closest. Such beauty in your writing,

Rose

Wonderful. Reminds me of the movie, 'The Illusionist'.

Chrissy

Well expressed look at the reality of life as compared to a magicians act, sometimes it is hard to actually tell what is reality and what is not. Id all the world is a stage...

Fee

How true! We achieve our own magic. The way so many have different opinions of what they saw,is one example of it. Last stanza nails it.
Excellent unique poem...

Magicians are illusions, reality is harsh but can produce its own magic. Victor

Enjoyed this very much Jude, I couldn't help but think of the all mighty power of God, and how even the smallest things are miraculous to man...some may not see it as God's powers but supernatural...I love the last line two lines as many of the other reviewers have stated;
The reality of the matter
Is the magic you feel

I believe that the magic we feel is His divine spirit leading us and helping us to make the most of the life that He gave us.
Fantastic write my friend,
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling

this poem itself has a magical feel...

Ahh how true, Jude! Life is pretty much about the illusions we buy into and those that make us feel positive about life in general. The magician/illusionist captivates us and like a puzzle, intrigues us regarding the solution. Very cool poem. Your Rock, Jude!
Take care,
Sherry

Yep I agree the last two lines say it all thanks for this
Hugs Angela

Last two lines say it all,what you get from it is lasting.
Excellent write,
Michael

It is indeed the magic, and to each who search it can be found. I like your poetic magic.
debra

We can be magical enough to
do anything we desire...

IT's up to each of us. Does the conscience have it right, or the sub'
Night thoughts, that keep us awake. We all have a diffo perspective on what life is.

Magical
it is more than one poem here!!!
"transform a flower into mist
and rematerializes its petals into a fist"
brillant!!!

This poem really is beautiful in how it examines the many facets of human perception. There is magic in the way people see various places and things. To an innocent child anything may appear to be magical. For an adult to perceive everything in this way gives deeper meaning to life. Fireflies on a warm summer night comes to mind. Beautiful

great last 2 lines (not that the others have no value). thanks for sharing this one.

so true in many ways-i suppose each has their own reality-the magician as well as the dreamer

This is an interesting postulation Robert that one could debate for hours.

I guess one of the challenges, in this, is being able to differentiate between what is real, and what is illusion. If we choose to embrace the illusion, because it makes us feel a momentary sense of magic, do we also become an illusion?

This is good...very good Robert, and places one within the expressions you display, magical as the thoughts...

nice work.....Art sun...

We are travelers and magic carries us there. I've never undertood why people get bored when all one meeds do is be creative and look within. I've always admired your writes and I always will be a fan who adores the magic you share.
Susan

The reality of the matter
Is the magic you feel

I believe it, Robert!