poesy

who is this shadow

thay we write poems to?

is it a woman?

no it can't be

for a woman has nothing

of the constant fleeting presence

that revives on her features

and beautifies them as it vanishes. 

no it cannot be a woman

yet to woman it comes to be

endlessly associated, 

entangled with no resolution

in our mind

for a time, maybe never mentioned by the clock,

that words came into being

and all that was once read

but only with due attention comprehended, 

rises to the mysticism

of something never fully grasped,

from now devoted to a moment

when it will be made understandable

fully graspable in its stammering use,

the personified inspiration,

for bringing to us,

maybe only for the short time that reading takes,

that veiled nature that shimmers at the corners

of our embedded sight_

the forms that pleasure takes

in our desire to bend it

to a form that we can

animate in our words.

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

i did not know the meaning of "poesy" and was a bit confused the first time through .. then I looked it up ;) i love V1 ...our inspirations come and gone in a flash .. most all of us strive to keep pen and paper at hand or loose those genius moments back into the muse's cloud .. V2 L9 so true .. on thinking about it I guess if the "muse" has gender, I probably think of it as female ..but only in the background ... and I have never thought of the actual poem creation as female ... or male ... tho it may be about one or the other .. hmmmmm .. something to tuck in the back of me noodle ... i think your closing verse nails the nature of abstract free verse .. some struggle with it and others don't ... being fully open to the imaging and emotive qualities of such poems brings one to their own impressions .. some would say a downfall .. as if one is trying to say something with a poem ..its value is diminished by the number of people who don't see it ... the value of self satisfaction in writing in that genre' aside ... this is probably a debate that will continue through the ages ;) i like your poem .. enjoyed the read .. and thanks for my word of the day ... "poesy"
E.