Chris,
I often what it is that makes a poet? The same things the likes of Freud told us make us who we are in toto. For me it was Wallace Stevens' Anecdote of the Jar" analyzed in my high school senior English class. A powerfully complex bunch of images revealing meaning in chaos, I had always been in love with poetry, but until I learned the names of all those literary elements that meant so much to me, I thought I was alone.
Vol
Posted 11 Months Ago
11 Months Ago
Thank you Vol for your share. Anecdote of the Jar is not a poem I am familiar with, but you have per.. read moreThank you Vol for your share. Anecdote of the Jar is not a poem I am familiar with, but you have persuaded me to take a look.
A amazia poem dear Chris.
"a poem adrift from all others
writ
touched every fibre of a would
be poet’s heart"
I adored the above lines and I research Chidiock Tichborne. Thank you dear friend for sharing the amazing poetry and some history. I do adore history.
Coyote
Posted 11 Months Ago
11 Months Ago
Many thanks for all your encouragement Coyote. I appreciate you.
“Water well busted by a hit…”
Yes… I have felt such tears!
“a poem penetrated tissue
of resistant pain…”
Yes… I have felt such poems
“My glass is full, and now my glass is run,
And now I live, and now my life is done”
Yes…I feel my life such…
Posted 11 Months Ago
11 Months Ago
So pleased you looked up his elegy Albee. A very memorable poem. Thank you for reading my work. read moreSo pleased you looked up his elegy Albee. A very memorable poem. Thank you for reading my work.
Funny how artists be it writers, poets or musicians of great talents are cut short. Always written so well Chris and not only that you are still alive.
Posted 11 Months Ago
11 Months Ago
Thanks Andrew. Yes I am still here :)) I appreciate you.
I don't know Chidiock Tichborne or his works, but I do know the feeling, that gut-twisting, heart-wrenching silent scream of pain or agony as the tears flow freely from your eyes, the words bleeding as you reading something that hits you so hard the reaction it brings to your body is visceral. This reminded me of that. Thank you for sharing
Posted 11 Months Ago
11 Months Ago
Thank you so much for stopping by to review. It’s well worth checking out Chidiock’s elegy. Writ.. read moreThank you so much for stopping by to review. It’s well worth checking out Chidiock’s elegy. Written a few days before he was executed for treason at 23. Incredibly moving knowing his flame was about to be extinguished.
I am another who is not familiar with the works of Chidiock Tichborne, but seeing how his words have had such an impact and touched you so deeply, it makes me want to know more, see what it is that set him apart for you.
Posted 11 Months Ago
11 Months Ago
His elegy, written shortly before his execution really impacted. He was such a talent. Writing those.. read moreHis elegy, written shortly before his execution really impacted. He was such a talent. Writing those lines knowing what his fate was, moved me. Thanks for stopping by.
All great hearts suffer when one from among their number is lost. Shelley wept for Keats, Mary wept for Percy. To lose a mentor is to lose more than a friend. It is the death of a noble honor. Some of the better poets died very young.
Posted 11 Months Ago
11 Months Ago
You are so right Fabian. Some excellent poets were lost far too early. Many thanks for stopping by. .. read moreYou are so right Fabian. Some excellent poets were lost far too early. Many thanks for stopping by. All the best.
Albert, my paternal grandfather introduced me to Tennyson when I was nine. I have loved poetry ever since but did not attempt writing a single piece until I was 40. It's never too late to try somethin.. more..