Crooked Lights

Crooked Lights

fleeting, fickle

blinking time 

brinks the distance and eclipse

of light

light from the ceiling of

open cord connections 

jump  ..................................  jump

to grasp fireflies flung about by electricians and

marching transcendentalists

we all jump

light bends from crooked lamps     

movies swagger across center stage 

books and poems written .................................

an emphasis for glowering blazing gazes 

in the gloaming       (sigh)

equally entranced 

eager for surprise and delight

what bloody flow lends such power 

to emotions         -          off put         -         in banality 

I feel flatted      -        i am flatted

               yet

still    I     can    not    walk                                                 away

it's the lights, you see. 

crooked as they may be

we light our ways upon them

how lighted can they be

written in darkness?

10/16/2022

E.

Author's Note

Reviews

[William Michael Reeves]

Your mind is a prism! ( Prison prism perhaps) bending words into sensical nons. Then in the end it does make sense. Like a fractal. The balance of disjointed phrases becomes clear illuminated by the whole of this poem. I love it! How lighted can they be written in darkness you ask? Perhaps the truth is clearly seen in the dark. Like the blind seeing with their hands unencumbered by the distractions of vision. What we feel is less fickle or fleeting than what we see. Happily flatted I am. And what an amazing wire sculpture!

[Einstein Noodle]

yes .. love that sculpture too! thank you for your perceptive, insightful look at my imprisoned noodle .. yes! the darkness when light appears as a tiny speck is made more clear because of the darkness .. and vice versa ;) it's what we choose to follow that perhaps is what is important in the end .. you see my ways and means sir ... no one, including myself, has put it more succinctly .. it's just what i do .. hoping the the sense of it does bleed through .. love this review .. much appreciate the time and your candid thoughts shared .. Happy Thanksgiving .. if you are not celebrating .. i give thanks for you and once again for your review
E.

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the old man logic in the poetry my friend. We will know the light of so many things. The lights can be bright and the lights may die, fade away. I liked the set-up the poetry. A poem to make the reader fall into. Maybe find the lights or lose them? Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Einstein Noodle]

wow! thank you old friend ... i could not feel more grateful having you fall into this one .. i think we speak to one another kind of directly .. love on ya brother and be well always .. see you around .. right here at the Cafe'
E.

[Coyote Poetry]

I enjoyed the poetry my friend and I am retired now. A lot of time to read and write. And you are welcome. I hope warm days and good health.

[Einstein Noodle]

congrats on your retirement!! i started mine 8 yrs. ago and am still in it's "honeymoon" stage ;) relax .. enjoy .. not too much trouble now brother .. and keep writing of that sultry dark gypsy woman ... i rather have a crush on her :))))))))))))))

[Coyote Poetry]

I will try my friend and thank you.

[AYVID N]

Hello dear E,

I love the way you put it, crooked as they may be
we light our ways upon them....

This light, all pervading, at gloaming or sunrise, has the sheer power to move us, make us jump.

Whatever its source may be, fleeting or fickle it may be, light is light and so needed for everything always!

So happy to be on this page and reading you once again.
I hope you are very fine, my friend.

[Einstein Noodle]

yep .. all is quite well with me .. i am over blessed with another day older but still out of debt ;) glad you enjoyed .. light is truth .. and we must find it in all our ways somehow .. tho it is not easy me thinks ... we have to be brave, bold and willing to face the harshness of the truth ... thanks so much for reading with understanding and sharing your wisdom. ... do you celebrate Thanksgiving?
E.

[AYVID N]

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving here, in India.
I do know it kind of signals the Christmas festivities for you...Happy Thanksgiving to you, my friend...And a great Sunday.

[W. Barrett Munn]

This was quite the ride-like Einstein on the back of Pegasus. I liked it.

Winston

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you sir! i am gratified it tickled yer fancy ;) luv on ya
E.

[Ken Simm.]

I love the way, as befits its title that this has become a visual poem and one of your best, to paraphrase a good friend "sez I".

[Einstein Noodle]

:) ... couldn't ask for better from anyone sir .. thanks for checking it out .. very happy you found something in it worthwhile .. right here at the Cafe' ;)
E.

[Weeping willow]

A sensitive light shines inside the darkness, leaving a trail.Words follow into the flow

[Einstein Noodle]

ooooooooo thank you for your sensitive insightful review .. i am an introvert big time and have looked inside my whole life for challenges and satisfaction .. the light .. if one is given it .. will forever call to us eh!? really appreciate your words on this one .. they are poetry in motion ;)
E.

[Weeping willow]

Welcome my poet friend ;-]

[Nisreen]

Long time
enjoyed reading this piece
i could relate

[Einstein Noodle]

i'm blessed that you can ... truly appreciate your review .. couldn't ask for better .. luv and joy Precious!
E.

[Nisreen]

Thanks E..... i hope all is well

[Soren]

Great write, as helpful and necessary as light is to us all, many studies have shown artificial light may be harmful. Disturbed sleep cycles, eye strain, light pollution etc. Yes it is a great metaphor as well (to see the light, be guided by the light) To have light there must be darkness. Oh by the way I loved Creedence

[Einstein Noodle]

yeah, Soren! Creedence has a fantastic repertoire in their wheelhouse ... classic rock! thanks so much for reading with insight .. i feel pretty good you enjoyed this one ... it's gratifying to be understood ... on any level eh! .. thanks again my friend
E.

[willweb]

The creativeness of this piece, the utter abstract feeling that comes from reading work like this, the pleasure I get from trying to decipher these thoughts made reading this morn worth it. I haven't been here in many years but I do remember coming to your page or Frieda's page knowing I was going to be walking into a labyrinth of words that I may never find my way out of. Nice to know some things never change.

[Einstein Noodle]

big smile on my face .. so glad you remember Freida .. and for remembering me ;) yes! abstract is my voice for sure tho doing other stuff helps me a lot .. strict forms .. they tend to give me a headache; but are so gratifying when finally done .. i appreciate you making your way through the "labyrinth" Willweb .. you made my day
E.

[Sami Khalil]

There is the physical light and the transcendental light, the outer light and the inner light. Light as science is still amazes. Light as a metaphor, is prevalent in all religions. God is described as The Light without source or needing one.
An excellent poem dear Einstein. Keep your light shining upon the hill.

[Einstein Noodle]

spot on Sami ... you read me loud and clear! what a wonderful, thoughtful, sensitive review .. thanks so much for taking time
E.

[Sami Khalil]

My pleasure dear friend and poet. You write ✍ good stuff.

[Neville]

being a mere mortal, I am not ashamed to admit that I am, as yet, unable to thread the words I wish I could thread into a sufficiently cohesive and meaningful sentence, so as, to do justice to this truly beautiful and enlightening poem of yours brother E .. quite possibly one of my favourite poems to date, mate .. N :)

[Einstein Noodle]

thanks Neville .. you are too kind and generous .. really feel gratified you like this one sir!
read morethanks Neville .. you are too kind and generous .. really feel gratified you like this one sir!
E.

[Neville]

the nudge earlier prompted me to check back through your portfolio Gene & low and behold, when I hit the key with my eyes shut, this is where I ended up again .. must be fate maybe because it is still write up there amongst my personal faves ..

All Good Things this Thanksgiving to you my dear friend ..

Neville

[Einstein Noodle]

now that is truly wild sir!!! God bless always!