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Stones (imagery workshop)

The tangible weight of centuries nestled in the palm of your hand.

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Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

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Region, Country: North Carolina, USA, USA

Favorite Poets: Alfred Noyes, T. S. Eliot, Lewis Carroll, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, William Blake, Seamus Heaney, Robert Herrick

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S

scribbler

8 years ago

yeah

that scribbler guy is a huge pain in the butt ain't he? lol

weirdelf

weirdelf

8 years ago

Excellent.

Wow all of us, under Stan's guidance, are on a winner here.
My favourite aphorism about poetry, actually said by Eisenstein in reference to film, is that the art is "ruthless elimination of the inessential". Conversely, imagery provides the potential for maximisation of meaning in minimum words.
Gonna repost this on the workshop thread.

vandiemenspeak

vandiemenspeak

8 years ago

Succinct and sleekly held moment..

With a touch of Blake (conscious?) - from "Auguries of innocence" no less:

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour

But condensed even further - wonderful line.

Thanks,

Chris.

S

scribbler

8 years ago

Hi Rhia

The only thing I'd suggest is changing centuries to eons. But I Really like this......stan