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Jun 26, 2017
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Stones (imagery workshop)
The tangible weight of centuries nestled in the palm of your hand.
About This Poem
Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft
Comments
scribbler
8 years ago
yeah
that scribbler guy is a huge pain in the butt ain't he? lol
jane210660
8 years ago
Very beautiful
I enjoyed this one very much.
Love the connection with ages past.
Jx
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
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.
weirdelf
8 years ago
well spotted,
sir.
scribbler
8 years ago
Hi Rhia
The only thing I'd suggest is changing centuries to eons. But I Really like this......stan
Race_9togo
8 years ago
There, that's it, right there.
The unfolding of unfathomable depths of reality from a single sentence.
Most very excellently well done.
Race_9togo
8 years ago
There, that's it, right there.
The unfolding of unfathomable depths of reality from a single sentence.
Most very excellently well done.