Arizona Poetry Vine

Pages upon endless pages
Filled with magical words
Poetry sprouting slowly
Growing with care over time
Blossoming into the sublime

Chapter after long chapter
Words becoming twisting ivy
Climbing skyward towards the sun
Tangling in delicate details
Trellises covered in a veil

Journal infinite journal
Swirls with eternal sentences
Flowing with rhythmic flavor
As roots sprawl out underground
Whispering amorous sounds

Stanza by romantic stanza
Spring forth with budding foliage
Arizona etched on some leaves
A silvery craving painted
By life, it’s not yet been tainted

Author's Note

Photo found on google images

Reviews

[Fran Marie]

your words in this
lovely write bursts
forth with the love
and joy we poets
feel when writing

poetry is something
in and of itself
A rewarding effort
mana for the soul
and a blessing for
those who can write
it..and grow with it.

neat poem

[Poetic Beauty]

I’m glad you enjoy this poem. It has a calming vibe for me. There is some hidden meaning within it about someone who I have been writing about for ages it seems and he moved him to Arizona about 10 or 11 years ago. We still talk and messaged almost daily

[Eilis]

I like how this reads almost like a prayer or conjuring. A desire for something to continue in abundance and keep flowing through the spirit. It’s a lovely poem in rhythm and structure. Soothing to those who seek solace in words.

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. It is a calming poem.

[Betty Hermelee]

I .love your images that go flowing along this lovely poem, comparing it to sprouts, then buds, then flowers,
and add to that your very romantic lines too. Excellent.
Best, Betty

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed the mixture of romance, nature and poetry

[Relic]

Each stanza has a ring to it. The words fit so well together and almost sound like lyrics to a song. Excellent writing.

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank very much. Sometimes my poetry is smoother and more lyrical like and sometimes it isn’t. I really liked how this poem turned out which no very often do I completely love the final product but this one I do and I’m glad you did as well

[Perdition]

Poetry has a very unique way of mirroring a landscape experienced in whatever it is we chose to build with words or rhythm or pace, perhaps emotion. The stanzas become the topography of what we feel in whatever area that it is not so readily apparent to most, The undercurrent reaches deeper into the abstract of our psyche and experience as well as that art we create that echoes the invisible beast that we feel must be created/echoed into words. I get the feeling that this is one of those poems. That capturing of what must intimately be experienced in "Arizona" to feel that sameness of both words and that which is "untainted" in the landscape. We are
"Flowing with rhythmic flavor
As roots sprawl out underground
Whispering amorous sounds" ...this is to me both our experience of the subconsciousness as well as our unique experience and nature of our art.

Something in this road or twilight that leads us to that dual experience of well, let us use "Sedona" as the example. And then again I could be miles from your meaning...but this is what I feel as I remember the journey, A very unique structure and experience in this style of your poetry. Thanks for sharing Poetic Beauty~

[Poetic Beauty]

This poem does have a hidden meaning. It has a bit of a romantic feel because it’s not only written about poetry growing but it is about the love for a friend who moved 13 years ago back home to Arizona. I have been writing about him and the desert and Arizona ever since.

I have had so many dreams of being there that it feel as if I already have so yes there is a dual existence in this poem.

Thank you for your very clever review and for your kind words

[Ziggy Matthews]

I love the metaphor you use throughout with the writing's growth. It was beautifully written. I love that last line as well. "By life, it's not yet been tainted." I think about the different stanzas one can write. In your poem, it seems you are alluding to poems being pure, and I agree, even when they are as dark as mine. They are pure emotion and truth. They have not been tainted because they are honest. Thanks for sharing!

[Poetic Beauty]

This poem has two meanings. One is the obvious how writing grows. Two Arizona is where a friend of mine lives that I haven’t seen for 13 years. I have been writing about him for that long.

[Phill Oz O'fee]

How to build a solid poetic dream; you cannot place one sheet of paper between two points and expect the weigh of anything to hold it in place, as there is no support - but - place hundreds of pages between two points and the support builds and builds until (like your prophetic prose suggests) you can hold up your solid dream! :-)

[Poetic Beauty]

Beautifully stated. I dream of Arizona all the time but I have not been there yet. Hoping to go this year

[Pete]

terrific stuff. great flow. i love the vine and how it revealed so much as it grew and spread out as a poem. i like how you started each verse. the ending a bit sobering. all-in-all very clever and well done. awesome accompanying pic too ... :)

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you for your extremely kind words. I found the picture on google images. I have not been to Arizona yet but I’m want to go visit my friend this year that I haven’t seen in 13 years. So for reasons all my own I have a fondness for Arizona and have been writing about him or The desert for a long time

[Neville]

.................... I've neva bin to Arizona .. I dont like crowds coz I'm a loner .. I just could not resist that .. Lovely bit o poetry you just posted my friend ............... Neville :)

[Poetic Beauty]

I’m glad you enjoyed the poem. I’ve never been to Arizona either but I write about Arizona a lot. My friend who now lives far away from me is there so it is a hidden meaning. I write about him a lot and have for many many years. Since he left bed here and we’ll....

[Poetic Beauty]

Since he lived here and well...

[Robert Trakofler]

I have never been to Arizona... it is on my list:) maybe if I'm lucky I could find some of those vines to hang out on and write some sublime too

[Poetic Beauty]

I have not been to Arizona yet. I have a friend who lives there and a lot of my poetry is written about him

[rew]

Good good it's all good
sorry I was so hard on you but...sorry.
rew

[Poetic Beauty]

No I rather know about mistakes and get them fixed! Thank you for bringing it to my attention no need for an apology

[rew]

thanks for that, sometimes I do things without thinking.

[Poetic Beauty]

Constructive criticism doesn’t bother me. It’s how we improve on things.

[rew]

Thanks for that