Monday, July 12, 2010

when the orb finds pause

when it spits at midsummer darkness
the killer rests in the porch lit damp,

nothing in shadow on wing tonight,
nothing to prick in the sticky moist
and nothing flits to wrap in kisses:

brief para-diddles of windless flash
stroke the rushing clouds with silk.

22 comments:

  1. Gerry,

    I have read this several times and conclude, that not only is it shorter, than some previous pieces, but is actually rather sweet, in a strange way. I like!

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  2. I had to read this one out loud. Twice. It was delicious.

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  3. @Eileen: Cheers.

    @Willow: Very low calorie too!

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  4. This is really pretty I especially love the last stanza!
    Pamela

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  5. @flaubert: great name. thanks for stopping by. this was courtesy of insomnia and a cigarette.

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  6. para-diddles of of windless flash...
    i believe gerry diddle is an american slang....am i close...??

    n i could say when i read it....that this was born to insomnia.....beautiful

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  7. @manik: well, one meaning or 'paradiddle' is a drumming rudiment. the american slang meaning of 'diddle' is, roughly, 'to mess around or fiddle with". cf. Bo Diddley also. so there are layers of meaning. I hope you can find one that works for you. I've already said too much. ;-)

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  8. sorry for making you do that....curiosity ...from where i come from slangs do not even make it to an authentic database of any form....so you could understand a certain charm that a regional slang would present to someone like me...

    thanku..

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  10. just like when a child ostensibly abuses....

    beautiful lines..
    tke cre...

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  11. Glad to be part of your group of four on Poets United! Hello to you.

    I like this poem very much.

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  12. this is a strange and compelling one; I like how you manage to find a title and then wrap it and weave into it with pieces of the poem it introduces....this one feels circular, in way, maybe it's the orb.

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  13. @Mary: Cheers.

    @Harlequin: Strange yes. Compelling? Glad you thought so. Just looking at an orb spider. Great web engineering from those little creatures. And a rich source for metaphor. Cheers.

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  14. Wow, I love this poem. I love the shorter style! The middle stanza is my favorite; it has such a nice rhythm to it, and the repetition of "nothing" is really powerful.

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  15. @Chris: I go short, I long. Why I do not know. ;-)

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  16. I like this a lot. Some great strings of sound: "diddles" and "windless," "nothing to prick in the sticky..."

    I love your overall capture of the "damp," "moist," and "sticky" (sometimes stinky) breath of summer.

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  17. @Megan: :-) BTW, got a hardcopy of fosebook. looks awesome.

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  18. Wonderful sultry, multi-layered summer piece, Gerry. Especially like para-diddle.

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  19. Okay, I thought this sounded awfully familiar.

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  20. @willow: smooches. the second comment is a mystery, though. ?

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  21. all this, but to describe a moment. i wanna hang in there somewhere so bad. and just freeze into a picture..
    lovely, Gerry.:)

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  22. @dream horn: welcome and thanks. all aboard! next train to a moment is now.

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