Brittle Sticks

Brittle Sticks

 

 

i draw stick figures

with wooden moods

little branch arms of dead muscle

a falling off the tree inevitable

 

i draw stick figures

with leafy minds turning autumn

forgetful roots growing in wrong directions

a falling of the mind inevitable

 

i draw stick figures

and they draw me

flannel colors breezily happy

not a care in the world remembered

a falling off this earth

inevitable

down there no spring

only an eternal winter

 

i draw stick figures

bare thoughts put to paper

my words walk rigidly

across the page

a falling of the pen

 

inevitably

inevitable

 

i draw stick figures

and even i laugh out loud

as i call this “art.”

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

Brilliant! Another favourite of yours.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, andrew,
j.

[redzone]

HEY!! Us stick figured people are real. We are art and we have purpose!! Not sure what that is, but purpose none the less... ;0) Our purpose is to walk stoically and with chin up, just go along, ask no questions, and be the kindling for the fire that destroys the forest.

I feel too, a sadness of falling (failing?) "inevitable/ down there no spring/ only an eternal winter". OUCH! Jacob, if I may, the stick figures you draw, the art you create, is ART in the largest sense. It has both meaning and effect. So, thank you.
-Curt

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we hope as poets to have both meaning and effect....thank you for the encouraging words, Curt.
j.

[Stella Armour]

LS Lowry found fame with his little stick people Jacob, an artist you are by accident if not by design :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I think more accident than design...thank you, Stella,
j.

[Brandy]

I'm seeing stick figures, and they are dancing all over the page. : )
This is cute.

You've given them all a personality, and they seem to enjoy drawing you. Creative little creatures, indeed. : ) Life is better when you think outside the box, and you certainly have here.

Your thoughts bring a smile, Jacob. : )

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I wish you could tell that to my students....it is often a struggle to get them to think outside the box, but that is what I try to do...we are taught to accept what is handed down and use it...but we created if we go outside of that.
I appreciate muchly what you said here, Brandy.
thanks
j.

[Joli Dy]

I'm in awe of this. I've read it multiple times. It's truly wonderful. My favorite line speaks of you drawing stick figures, and they also draw you.
I love their wooden moods and rigid steps, and as my friend Paul wrote to me, "I feel called out".

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your words, Jo,
j.