Clarity

Irises seem to circle the wagons;

small tan bungee silk swirling.

Opiate agents responding as 

tidal SWAT members retreat 

Waves in grey green serene

tan blue misty hues .....

Pupils engaging pulse movements

wildly in dilatation ...undulations

"Q" music ... now!

Oxen toes spring to dance with

dragon fly wings singing

sixteenth notes on the swing beat 

Lines of clarity are

drawn when eyes meet 

curves of perfection ... arches of support.

(we see through glass dimly)

fighting friends draw closer

fighting enemies draw wary 

Crisp leather snapping lids

with Jack Booted blinks and winks

whirling dust..... ballet bunnies ....

desperate ......in escaping the sweep

dancing, bouncing, twirling to

hide in plane sight ......... out of sight .......under your bed

Hear the drone of cicadas?

Wearying, laden lashes 

grey lead rolls back white orbs 

pin striped with blood red

drift now in endless lines of division.

E

6/6/06 

Author's Note

Reviews

[KWP]

It was your very last line ...

'drift now in endless lines of division.'

... that gave me all the clarity. In fact, it all came tumbling down in a mist of life ... all life ... each swirling microscopic tangent in thought and time gathered up in that very last line ...

a perfect so perfect crescendo you may me smile wide upon reading it :D

LOVE X

[Einstein Noodle]

oh KWP! how you have made my morning smile ... i feel completely gratified by your review! thank you for being thoughtful and sensitive ... what do you think of the eye ball? :))) i have been thinking of you and stopped by your place looking for your latest ...alas none to be found :(
we have been busy as well .. sister and brother in law visiting and our new garage completed ... but i am determined to get some pics to you ...:} love and hugs
E.

[KWP]

I was just reading something from 'Brain Pickings' and I came across a passage that immediately transported me back to your Pom above ...

Without a firm center we flounder. 'The wonderful, inconceivably intricate tapestry is being taken apart strand by strand; each thread is being pulled out, torn up, and analyzed; and at the end even the memory of the design is lost and can no longer be recalled.'

You can see why ... Yes?

How do I like the eye you ask .. Well this is another strange tweak of synchro destiny ... I just finished reading (literally just finished) a novel called 'All the light we cannot see' by Anthony Doerr - wow what an amazing read. But I this book there is a girl called Marie-Laurie and she is blind - twice throughout the book a description of her eyes are given 'white, clouded completely over,I should have found them unnerving, instead I found some kind of familiarity' ...that's what I thought of your eye ... X

[KWP]

Yes ... Waiting on pics X

[Einstein Noodle]

love tyhe qoute from "Brain Pickings" ..and completely agree ...it is something i see here in the USA every day ..it has been an insipidus marauding of faith and history and pride in who we are as a nation ... the very core of right and wrong (spiritually speaking) taken away by the alleged higher ground of "open mindedness" leaves all adrift ... such a treat to see your smiling face in the morning ... happy cup of java to ya and i am honestly working on some pics ;)

[Richard🖌]

Seems like life in general to me … or, a lot of that which my mind does or has wandered through in result of the eye's perceptions.
Ah, I am but such a simple man, whom becomes lost in abstracts; still, it is quite like being on a Windowpane or Blue Microdot trip to read such phantasmagorical renderings of verbosity … not altogether unpleasant to the senses.
LOL! If you paid me a million dollars to, I'd never be able to interpret this piece on my own, but it's simply marvelously unique and original to read — no, to experience!

Thank you, My Friend, for the moment in realtime meditation … I feel so refreshed! ⁓ Richard

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you Richard for giving it a go! i do go off the deep end sometimes ... tho there are defined spaces in my mind that make sense they often do get cloaked when i write ..i am mulling over an idea and hope to put it in a classical form soon as it grounds me ...at least for a while ;)
E.

[Richard🖌]

I'll be looking forward to your newest classical effort, E … plerase, let me know when it's up.read moreI'll be looking forward to your newest classical effort, E … plerase, let me know when it's up.
Diolch yn fawr iawn, fy mrawd Celtaidd ! (Thank you very much, my Celtic brother!) ⁓ RJ

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you i will :)

[KingJoseph]

Was the focus of the poem the intricacies of the features of the iris? I loved how it left me a feeling to actually clarify my understanding. Great detail perhaps that is the effect you want to give. Misconceptions and confusion to precise details, slowly analyzing till I reach a proper undertanding 😂😂 till I reach clarity. Hehe wonderful read

[Einstein Noodle]

in answer to your question ... yes ...it is ... :) i am so happy that you asked about that ... and i am so very gratified that in the end you felt clarity ... lines of division i suppose don't necessarily have to mean there is a fight to be had ... mutual respect and understanding can go the whole nine yards ... very fine to have your visit my new friend .. i will stop by your place as well! peace and joy
E.

[Gee]

Hi E, thought I'd pop over and review in return for your kind reviews of mine. Unfortunately your poems , as do most of Jacobs, sail right over my head. I'm not the brightest, did way to much talking and very little listening during my school years, hence my mainly simple rhyming verse. I apologise but will keep popping back in the vain hope you suddenly develop a liking for penning child like verse. Cheers, Gee

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you for pressing on through my poem ;) i enjoy all kinds of poetry but free verse is probably what i might call home ...interpretations can be a puzzle sometimes no matter the form .. rhythm and rhyming can certainly be childlike and enjoyable but some very serious stuff is written using it ... i hope you will continue to visit and let me know your thoughts ..as i will certainly continue to visit all my dear friends here at the cafe ;)
E.

[softlyfall]

Wonderful alliteration and internal rhyme, two of my favorie things. Perhaps I am competely wrong but it seems to me that the previous comments focus so intenty on the title that many lovely undertones escape notice.
All that is unseen and all that confuses come together when eyes meet. That stanza creates the hope of ultimate resolution.
Or perhaps it is these rose colored glasses.
Either way, this is excellent

[Einstein Noodle]

hi softly! thank you so much for your input! i appreciate your pointing out that line ..it is a bit of a turn ... love your review! your take on hope ... you have got me thinking this morning :) resolutions may follow clarity ..but i am not sure it is a given ... thank you again for all your visits and sharing your impressions ..it is important to me for sure!
E.

[Lyn Anderson]

Is clarity achievable, in the midst of such uncertainty? A chaotic world, we try to make sense of it. It is our nature. Very interesting poem, my friend. Now, send me that next piece of the collaboration would ya -- I am not used to writing poems over days.:)

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you my dahlink! so glad you read this one ... you raise a very goode question ... what place does clarity have in the equations of our world ... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ;) sorry i take so long but i am on line usually in the mornings only ... but our collab is in the mail KL .. i will try and keep up!
E.

[Papaya]

I really liked this one so much E.
The words are so powerful and descriptive and the whole poem has an intensity about it.
It creates a hum, there's noise and I get that we need to focus on the world and it's positive energy rather than be distracted and sucked in by the bad vibes. Well, I think anyway. We all interpret things differently and I am known to be wrong often! :)

[Einstein Noodle]

i agree Papaya ... we do see things from many angles ... thank you for taking time to read and leave such a thoughtful review ... really appreciate your universal approach using energy ... i believe we do make a difference depending on our focus it is good or bad ... thank you once again for reading ..i am glad you enjoyed it
E.

[Sami Khalil]

Clarity in thought and action can save humanity from myriad of mistakes and misjudgments. It will help bring peaceful understanding to many issues we allface face daily. That is why truth and facts are so important to not fall into the trap of divisions and biases. An excellent write with a good political message....:)))))

[Einstein Noodle]

great to have your visits and reviews sir! we have had thousands of years to perfect a decision to "no more violence" ..i am afraid we will simply not have it here on earth in general .. seems violence will understand nothing but itself eh!? i am very appreciative for my age these days Sami ..fearful for the generations coming up ...so i do the only thing i can do ..turn to our loving Creator ;) thank you for your in depth and insightful review ...its gratifying indeed :)
E.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow. So true. You are welcome, sir.....:)))))

[Lydia Shutter]

Wow, what an intense write this is! Almost a dream sequence with ghosts and ghoulies hiding under the bed. Then, POW, you wake up and have this amazing epiphany.....you see it all clearly. You have solved all your problems while asleep. Wonderful words and images. Lydi**

[Einstein Noodle]

i just love dreaming ..wish i remembered many more than i do .. i read somewhere that we have about 200 dreams every night ..lasting only seconds ... its those that last longer that we may keep in our waking minds ... thank you for your taking time here Lydia and for your sensitive read
E.

[Alfred Kukitz]

E.

This is tight wording, exuding an exhilarating beat of reality. Narrative jumping all over the atmosphere and a closing line encapsulating a surge of brilliance. Wow!

Regards,
Al

[Einstein Noodle]

wow! Big Al! my head is going to pop with such lavish praise ... thank you so very much for your kind generosity in reading and reviewing ... would not imagine to have such a reaction ...very happy you like it sir! thank you again!
E.