life is
so much easier
when you have
a landmark
to orientate you
it may not be
anybody else’s landmark
(and it shouldn’t be)
but at least
you will know
where everybody else
is in relation to you
that is
the whole point
of choosing
a landmark
Category: poetry
twentieth reply
with you
love was simple
effortless
without doubt
straight
and immediate
that was all
love needed to be
to answer your love
was easy, it was pure
from some place
called the heart
it asked for nothing
but gave everything
and still it is the
same doubtless love
uncomplicated
and has remained
as easy to replied to
as twenty years ago
cubism
not necessarily blocks
different facets
in view, visible
unnaturally folded
like paper then unfolded
creases can never be uncreased
frozen colours shades shadows
the painter’s shift shown
delineated merged into
something called cubist art
picasso
blue cubic
lovers
unfold easily
creased flesh
of beauty
he knows
how to show
a secret
we now
understand
all too well
Originally published in 2013.
Poetry hack for WordPress
Problem: in the iOS app, the “return” key gives you a new paragraph when you only want a single line return.
Solution:
- click the “…” icon on the bottom right;
- choose “Transform block” > “Verse”;
- type your poem;
- choose “Transform block” > “Paragraph”.
This way, you have complete control of the layout of the poem.
inseparable
you three
are inseparable
as it were
from the very
beginning and until
the very end
as dramatic as it sounds
take away one and the world
will come to an end
a triangle
like no other
their names –
matter
space &
time
Changing metaphors
If you do change the metaphor half way through the poem the change should represent change itself. Starting with LOVE IS A JOURNEY e may change the metaphor to LOVE IS A LONG DISTANCE RACE with images of struggle, uphill battles, not lasting the distance, rivalry, etc.
Stay with one metaphor
When writing, especially poetry, stay with one metaphor. It may not confuse you, the writer, but mixing metaphors often confuses the readers.
For example, if you start with LOVE IS A JOURNEY then continue with metaphors about roads, signs, bends, distance, loneliness, etc.
Love is not a thing
Love isn’t a thing.
It’s not a
you-either-have-it-
or-you-don’t thing.
It is what you do.
And it is what
someone does to you.
Go do love. Go love.
Go get loved. Be loved.
Then you will understand
what love is. Love is
not a thing.
Just love.
no more love (poems)
to you
it’s the world,
your world,
a kind of
definition
but one day
you will know
it cannot
define you
or even love
(Originally published 22nd November 2013)
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