Kinesthetics of poetry

Kinesthetics of poetry

A Poem by eglantine

I'm dancing along the curve

of these words, arching

my heart up to the sun--

     and my soul is burning in bright.

 

Watch me imitate language--my body

fluidly wavers from letter to letter,

for I am doing more than writing

poetry: I am aesthetic motion.

 

Some of you do not see

me and some of you never

will because some of us forgot

where we put that vellum ticket.

 

But for those of you who

can feel the sweep of my feet

along the grains of ink

and smell the dust shaken

from my minds catwalk,

this barefoot dance beneath a rib

of light

            is for you.

© 2012 eglantine


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Loved it ! You've done a great job describing, just like the title says, the "Kinesthetics of poetry",the whole poem is full of figures of speech (for example, the first stanza is a collection of metaphors) except for the last stanza where you get more explicit in order to make the idea more direct. I, personally, loved the 3rd stanza where you clearly had fun with anaphoras' and enjembements' use.
Great job

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.




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I'm speechless this is ... is ? wwooww

Posted 12 Years Ago


Loved it ! You've done a great job describing, just like the title says, the "Kinesthetics of poetry",the whole poem is full of figures of speech (for example, the first stanza is a collection of metaphors) except for the last stanza where you get more explicit in order to make the idea more direct. I, personally, loved the 3rd stanza where you clearly had fun with anaphoras' and enjembements' use.
Great job

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Oh, love it. I love poems that intertwine the subject into the metaphors of the writing itself. Fantastic.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Reading this is so effortless. I didn't know poems could flow like this...
Way past cool!

Posted 12 Years Ago


Lovely write , I am aesthetic motion...

Posted 12 Years Ago


it's an elliptical prolapse of the minds of an audience
witnessing a train on film for the first time
for some...*footnote: arching..heart up to the sun

this is both the yin and yang of humility, and for that you have my respect

Posted 12 Years Ago


AMAZING I Can feel the flow of the writing GREAT JOBB

Posted 12 Years Ago


I love the last stanza!

Posted 12 Years Ago


very nice Sivvy :) wonderfully self-aware.

Some of you do not see
me and some of you never will

I'm glad I see you! :P


Posted 12 Years Ago



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I graduated with my B.A. in English (emphasis creative writing) My ultimate goal is to be the U.S. Poet Laureate and to be a college professor of poetry. I'm a wildflower with a poetic soul. I'm als.. more..

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