less is more

I actually love Hemingway's writing, perhaps more than any other writer ever.

less is more

 

 

Hemingway's white elephant

drove him over the edge

too wide for his traveling legs

too thick skinned

for his rifle to make a dent

 

the sportsman out sported

riding in the trunk of his ego

 

a man's man's man

the great black hunter

with his dark thoughts

inked

for posterity

very short stories

to match his attention span

 

when his typewriter

wouldn't fire.

 

 

erin-cilberto

12/22/22

Reviews

[keith]

hills like white elephants ... perhaps the greatest of his scribblings
an angry drunken man that dealt with his tragedies with insult
a man possessed with the addiction for adventures not thought of by others
his reputation precedes him in unfavorable terms
you either like his messages or he is only a drunken sort
i agree (imagine that) hemingway may well be one of the most gifted talents

you done good by him

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, keith!
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

Some Great men lie in an unmarked Grave ... placed there on Record with no Stone or Marker.
Snap Dragons scattered on their Grave without Notoriety. At least Hemingway was published.
Life is to be lived and Poets breathe throughout Eternity. Softly, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, at least he had that.
thank you, Pat,
j.

[Corset]

If the movie portrayed him correctly as jealous of his lovers' talent and abusive to her, which is such a terrible shame and what a waste of his own talents and loving heart.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, a waste...such talent....but why are so many writers so messed up inside.
thank you, Corset,
j.

[Corset]

oh, I think we are all just a little messed up J. but writer's write about it so everyone knows about it and no one is alone in that regard. Kinda misery loves company kind of thing :D

[John the Baptist]

Papa was a complex man, as I learned from Ken Burns' documentary about him. Loved his terse delivery, but there was darkness underneath it. The booze couldn't keep The Reaper away. Thus, the shotgun to the forehead.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Papa was a Rolling Stone...but fell off that cliff hard in the end.
thank you, John,
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

Hemingway. One of USA great characters. One of the few writers Salinger liked. He did everything he wanted to do. Thank you Jacob for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and those two writers are two of the few novelists who wrote classics that I liked...
thanks Coyote,
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

Salinger met Hemingway. Twice in WW2. You are welcome Jacob.

[Mauricio Montoya]

I had to think could this be Cuba where he sat and wrote. , Sometimes I get history wrong, but this write has me wondering, where's the fire.
Thank you for sharing.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it's not firing....nothing is coming...I do think he wrote a lot there.
thank you, Mauricio...
j.

[Mauricio Montoya]

You're a good writer, thank you.

[Chris Shaw]

I need to read this writer J, especially if his style suits people with the attention span of a gnat. That is me my friend :)

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh, he is so good...thank you, Chris...
j.

[JD Major]

I guess, like Hemingway and Capt. Ahab, we all have our White Elephants and Whales, and most of us have the refuge of living with them privately. I wonder, was Hemingway the victim of his own self-created public persona?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

he might have been...that is a sound theory.
thank you, JD,
j.

[AYVID N]

A great poem on Hemingway's style. This poem conveys much hope for those with shorter attention spans. The sprinters vis-a-vis the marathon runners. Not all is lost if one isn't able to produce lengthy literary work like novels. I'll look forward to reading Hemingway's brief stories. Thank you for sharing.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

His stories are so good....
Hope you enjoy them,
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

you encapsulated some say was a great man .. his life such a contradiction .. having survived so many circumstances of death yet in the end his darkness took him ... i think your poem is a tribute to his style and voice ... your own minimalism makes you a perfect pair ... without the depth of internal darkness and pain ... luv on ya brother and Merry Christmas all around
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, E.
and Merry and Happy back at ya.
j.