REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

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Periphery obliterated
by the symmetric crags
of a lightning bolt gleam
illuminating my incrimination
of warped memories
in the unequivocal conviction
of unceasingly succinct revolutions
Entertainment contests art's
academic inclinations
Academics have no place
in  a sex drive or an inclination
to rock out in solitary sways
of an analog indulgence
Shrunken visuals are compelled
to adapt to environmental whims
It's irrelevant against the auditory
evanescence of your output
True I have to interrupt
the candlelit litanies
of heard indulgences
on a more frequent basis
but the senses happily adapt
to the more defined intervals
in a sensual tenacity
of musical immersion
nefariously frowning on skipped songs
Save the automatic modernity
of convenience for appliances
This is not microwave cooking
or reality-impulsive channels
This is entertainment
Art is the framework
of a jiving audiophile's sense
of what a prude is deficient in
like a vitamin
or a comprehension
of enabled chemistry
in tracked instances
of organic understanding

Author's Note

Reviews

[AprilRN1210]

well well, I would love to hear what inspired this piece Steve.... there are a few parts in here that have me scratching my head... lol
love pearl jam....... I also love a lot of the phrasing in this one... takes my mind and my emotions in so many directions...

you are right, this is entertainment... sometimes academics aren't needed, especially with the sensual inclinations... mmmm yes... who needs a microwave when you have heated chemistry?... well done sir... I enjoyed this one...

[kublakhan27]

This all started with the fact that I sometimes get mesmerized by a spinning record ;) I was trying to distinguish art from entertainment as far as music goes, rock and roll in particular, while trying my damndest not to sound pretentious, hence the 'microwave' and some of the other things in there...rock and roll was originally a slang term for something else after all ;P So glad you enjoyed it April.

[icelandicblue]

While we spin and move to the beat of it all we can get lost in our own dizzy perceptions. Sometimes it is a matter of taste, but then again, some taste buds have been worn away by the entertainment rather that the ability to savor something special.

[♔ CrownedDevil &#..]

Incredible, is all I can say, well done.

[Kleio13]

"Art is the framework
of a jiving audiophile's sense". I feel as if this relates to music.

There is a revolution going on and no one can see it but the art around us and the artists.
Without art, we are deficient and being prude is sometimes not the best policy do to "Shrunken visuals are compelled
to adapt to environmental whims". At least this is how I take it.

"This is not microwave cooking
or reality-impulsive channels
This is entertainment".

It definitely is. Art isn`t even art now, the computers does it for us and without the old fashioned way , one could never truly understand the conventionalism of suffering.

Excellent. Excellent. Excellent.

K.

[MomzillaNC]

Music… the universal language. Whatever would life be without music? And songs are poetry set to music. I enjoyed your poem.

I do wonder is some of the terms might cause non-poet readers to struggle with it and abandon the read. Did you know you only have the first line or sentence to catch your reader's attention? Personally, I love to see writers use the full depth and reach of the language. But, even educated readers are too lazy to focus above an eighth grade reading level. Did you know that newspaper standard is a fifth grade reading level; magazine standard is eighth grade level.

[kublakhan27]

It would probably be pretty bleak, and I say that with the highest degree of understatement haha...so glad you enjoyed this one...to be honest with you, I bank on some people abandoning it...I expect it...you are one of only a small group that sticks with me through every poem, which I appreciate more than you know...when I get 100 reviews for something, and six reviews, it's pretty obvious that the lion's share of people do not stick with me...it makes me pretty sour, but I can understand why it happens, as much as I struggle to be a good sport about it...it's ironic that I would make a declaration of entertainment with a lot of words that most people rarely even hear, but that's my style...geez, that sounds pretentious but I don't mean it to be, I'm not sure how else to put it though...for better or worse, I always try to put a few unique words into every piece, knowing full well that it's a risk-reward deal...I'm notoriously bad for lamenting the attention I don't get instead of appreciating what I do, but I'm getting better at it...

[MomzillaNC]

I too, try to include a few unique words in my writing. I've always kept to hand a thesaurus, a dictionary, a rhyming dictionary, and at least three foreign language dictionaries when I write. But, having worked in print publication and advertising as a graphic designer, I know that "less is more." I often compose something using words and language at the height of my over-educated brain in the first draft; but I always go back in the final draft to make sure it's not over "their" heads. That winnowing is often the hardest part. For example, the poem "Winter" used many classical study terms for winds and cold. When my copy editor saw it, all those terms got bracketed for me to edit. I have to admit, the final draft had much more Brrrrrrr! impact. It was over-the-top intellectual before. I took a couple of extra curricular creative writing courses in college too; and the required report writing and technical writing courses. All those teachers harped on the same thing, it was a running refrain of my college writing years: "keep it simple stupid." They actually quote that to journalism students too!

[Jennie Baron]

Incredible! I'm always in awe of your vocabulary and the way you use it. Your mind makes associations mine doesn't, but somehow they always fit together in the end. Not only entertaining but food for thought.

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much Jennie...I'm happy to know that I can entertain people sometimes cuz I think I just depress them with most of my stuff haha So glad you enjoyed this one :)

[Einstein Noodle]

the thing about this that stands out first is your uncanny ability to maintain a focus while applying all of that fuzzy ;)
even Beethoven practiced sterile sex now and then:
http://youtu.be/2lqqimx_83M

i read your poem .. then some other comments .. i agree with KL .. and after reading Frieda's i read it again with better understanding and more enjoyment ..
i had a friend in high school his nick name is Cloud .. yes true story .. he was a loner and a little goofy (drank robotussin to get his high) he had the greatest private collection of 45's the world has ever known .. piled in 4 ft. stacks in his room and if you asked to play a named tune he picked from the stack in 2-3 tries .. knew exactly where everything was ... i often wonder whatever happened to him
love your poem! thanks for letting us glimpse a healthy obsession of yours
E.

[kublakhan27]

Haha I needed Beethoven in my ears this morning my friend, as my head is in fact very fuzzy...no robotussin thank you ;) A loner gets pretty good at knowing where every artist and song is located...I know just where to go to find whatever I'm looking for, and I've had people pick ones out at random in the past and ask me what album it is, and I was always able to give the answer within the first few seconds, even for ones I hadn't listened to in ages...so glad you enjoyed this one E, it's one of the few healthy obsessions I have, though I even endanger that sometimes by getting mesmerized by a spinning record haha

[Frieda P]

What a mix, Beethoven & DALI, rocks my boat. ;)

[kublakhan27]

Haha I'm glad it does Mrs.R ;) I tried to think of a witty response but I have nothing this morning ;P

[Frieda P]

Go to sleep Benji.................... ;)

[kublakhan27]

LOL For such an astounding poet, you are hilariously direct sometimes Mrs.R ;)

[Frieda P]

Ha you have no clue, Mrs R's real life and Frieda's poetic life are universes apart. haha

[kublakhan27]

Haha Welcome to the club love :)

[Matching Socks]

Hang on, I need to grab my flash light...
Ok, got it!
Let's shine this thing on your brain shall we?
Yup, just as I suspected... You have a disco ball for a brain.
Dazzling.

[kublakhan27]

Haha I love this review...that image may even wind up in a poem some time...thanks bud :)

[Matching Socks]

Haha!! My pleasure. :)

[Frieda P]

Spin the black circle, how apropos, was wondering when you were going to get around to writing this tribute to your vinyl obsession with your massive collection of an extensive record collection, this is a love poem in the truest sense, anyone who lives for music will adore these words...keep whirling those black discs, they make for grand inspirational poetry. 'Organic understanding', and they don't talk back ha ha I love the musical immersion and I can dance to it too. ;) xo

[kublakhan27]

Hahaha A love poem indeed Mrs.R ;) I've always said that I can't write romantic poetry so this is probably as good as it gets...this review means a lot, as they all do, but I love when I write something that you relate to...so glad you enjoyed this one love...you keep dancing and I'll keep whirling ;) xo

[Frieda P]

Whirling, spinning and dancing, you're making me dizzy silly. ;) xo

[kublakhan27]

Haha Don't worry, I'm making myself dizzy just thinking of those words ;) xo

[Frieda P]

Feel like I'm sitting upon that black vinyl some days, just twirling twirling whirling haha ;)

[kublakhan27]

Haha Are you trying to make me faint Mrs.R? ;)

[Lyn Anderson]

For me, this is about doubting the veracity of one's own perceptions and memories, and acknowledging that expressing said perceptions in art is an outlet, but not necessarily, reality. Or, it could be about the weather :) Well done.

[kublakhan27]

Glad you enjoyed it...haha Yes, leave it to me to make a declaration of entertainment, then go off on some quasi-sociological metaphor, and still make room for the self-assessments ;)

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, because you do it best.:)

[kublakhan27]

:) Thank you my friend.

[R Smith]

bit of a whirlwind just blew through my head here mate, i'm still reeling but overall I say "yes, this is entertainment of the highest order" well done :)

[kublakhan27]

Haha Don't worry, my own head is still spinning in the wake of this one, with no pun intended :P Thank you Richard :)