a Glass Floor Underfoot - 29. cottoned fully

Here we’re taken on a journey to drift upon the stream, sometimes slow and sometimes quick, but always where the unyielding current goes. I particularly liked how his longing gaze at the skies is described. 

2 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

Here we’re taken on a journey to drift upon the stream, sometimes slow and sometimes quick, but always where the unyielding current goes. I particularly liked how his longing gaze at the skies is described. 

Thank you, Parker. That's why I thought this particular artwork goes well with the poem.

Not too many left in the series now, but we will a very interesting group of three poems coming up next

Thanks again

I liked the images created in my mind as I read this poem.  One line, "Were not all the forms my longings assume constructs?", is very intriguing.  As I thought on this poem and the question, I came to the conclusion that the author is describing changes in wants and perceptions as we travel through life.  I love it when something like this challenges my mind and makes me think outside the box.  A well chosen poem AC.

2 hours ago, raven1 said:

I liked the images created in my mind as I read this poem.  One line, "Were not all the forms my longings assume constructs?", is very intriguing.  As I thought on this poem and the question, I came to the conclusion that the author is describing changes in wants and perceptions as we travel through life.  I love it when something like this challenges my mind and makes me think outside the box.  A well chosen poem AC.

 

 

Thanks for reading, Terry. The line you mention is a very interesting one. I think we have very similar interpretations of the poem as well. Robert Jentzsch's work as a poet may not always be instantly accessible, but I find it rewarding nonetheless.

Thanks for your thoughts and comments. I really appreciate them

21 minutes ago, AC Benus said:

Thanks for reading, Terry. The line you mention is a very interesting one. I think we have very similar interpretations of the poem as well. Robert Jentzsch's work as a poet may not always be instantly accessible, but I find it rewarding nonetheless.

Thanks for your thoughts and comments. I really appreciate them

I recently mentioned a specific English professor/poet in a message.  One reason she comes to mind these days is the ability she had to help direct our thinking processes when poetry was not instantly accessible (to use your excellent phrase) - not necessarily to explain the "right" understanding, but to explain how to go about reaching one's own understanding.  One doesn't appreciate that as a college freshman, but in that context, I'm always helped by the comments of the more astute here, and your own responses, for which I thank you all.

On 1/30/2023 at 8:55 PM, Backwoods Boy said:

I recently mentioned a specific English professor/poet in a message.  One reason she comes to mind these days is the ability she had to help direct our thinking processes when poetry was not instantly accessible (to use your excellent phrase) - not necessarily to explain the "right" understanding, but to explain how to go about reaching one's own understanding.  One doesn't appreciate that as a college freshman, but in that context, I'm always helped by the comments of the more astute here, and your own responses, for which I thank you all.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Backwoods Boy. It's funny I suppose, but Robert Jentzsch's poetry is more intriguing to me -- that is, speaks to me more readily -- than the work of Stefan Geroge. George's style may be characterized as Impressionistic, and all the loose ends he leaves can befuddle me. 

But I will get back to Geroge eventually, for, as with August von Platen, George is one of the most important Gay German poets to have published. He has much to tell us about same-sex love.

Thanks again