Diamonologue

It is not the distant hills from which
the silent echos stir; I thought it so,
but I had given them too much God--
It was too full an eloquence
that they had fed upon;
They were not mine alone to give.

There was that persistent thrum
within my chest, inarticulate, defiant,
laughing to itself, uncaring
of my restlessness.  The mind
was pushed aside, sensation brushed
with urgency--a happening I must await
in every now, every thrum that seems a part of me.

It fades, returns as an incessant echo...
and is my sanity enfolded there?
Does it matter?
No, not at all.  You know
the lines are just a catharsis.
.............................
T h r u m...
             ~

Reviews

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Your words are always so soul-fulfilling. I can well imagine the sound of your voice as I read you words, and it makes each poem so personal and dear. Your first stanza makes me think of the mornings when I have arisen around 4am and have gotten up to drive up to the Blue Ridge Parkway before the rising of the sun. I sit alongside Otter Creek and enjoy the stillness and the morning mist upon the water. It's a silence that fills the soul.

[Dean]

You make that trip so very inviting./ I wish I had your critique for every poem I've written, although some of those are garbage (the poems, not your writing)

I'll have to write one for you

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Believe you me ... I have tried to review every poem that you've written. LOL! You have volumes though, and it will take me quite a while to accomplish that task. :-)

[Dean]

it would be formidable, but unfair of me to hope for that. So many others more deserving.

[Marie]

To me "thrum" is not a word but a feeling. Because it isn't "hum" and it isn't "strum" and it isn't "pum" (as in Little Drummer Boy) Also I'll just leave out "rum" and "bum".

So, like a fast tuning fork, I feel "thrum."

[Dean]

I lke your tuning fork analogy

[olla]

I had to read this several times.. I will probably read it several more times.. each line a gem in it's own right..

[Dean]

Thank you very much

[Lydia Shutter]

Those silent echoes come from within....a very powerful write. Lydi**

[Dean]

Thank you, Lydia

[Kelly Scheppers]

My senses are always aroused whenever I read you. I 've never heard of the word "thrum" before, but in looking it up, I found it to have a relative nature to strum, and drum. Whenever I can learn a new word, it just makes my day!

Hope you have a gorgeous weekend, Dean!

[Dean]

It wasn't really a word, dear one...just a quasi-sound or feeling. Sorry to disappoint. But I love being an "arouser" :-)

[Dean]

Do you know about AWAD? I've subscribed for years.

[Kelly Scheppers]

...what is it?

[Dean]

It's a free service. Check it out. Comes in your inbox every day...lotsa new words, always defined and commented upon. The creator, Anu Garg, is great...often responds to letters, too.
Terrifc. Any word lover, or builder of vocabulary would love it. Let me know if you can't find it through Google.

[Kelly Scheppers]

...how cool, thank you my dear! I'll check it out ...I might impress you, yet! ; )

[Dean]

you always impress--and SEDUCE me! Get this right away . You'll love it

[Chris]

You have PAUSED (caps intended) me Dean... and THAT took some doing. Thanks for being here.

Chris

[Dean]

and thank you for your faithful reads

[Chris]

nothing faithful about them Dean... I visit because I WANT to - not have to.