*looking To The Past Poem by Ben Gieske
*looking To The Past
“by which new poetry may be savored and in time
perhaps even understood, it being the usual care that
enjoyment precedes understanding.” - David Lehman
Your eyes are blurry with doubtful tears.
Your years have grown weary with the fears.
Too many years have known the tears.
So much is not what it appears.
What do I see?
Or for that matter
What do you see?
Just a splatter
of the now
Fluttering across our eyes.
Trespassers are we.
A bell tolls.
Who is gone now?
A star falls.
Darkness shuts us in.
What can you see?
No tracks across the snow.
Never mind - just
a jet across the sky,
all sound - no fire.
We are all desire.
It comes and goes
leaving smoke that trails
like a falling star in the dark
a sleight of view.
There is one world
each chooses as his own
and another
not to live in.
How many doors
have you opened and closed?
Can you glimpse who you really are?
- April 19,2009
a great phylosophical poem. this para is very meaning ful 'We are all desire. It comes and goes leaving smoke that trails like a falling star in the dark a sleight of view.' enjoyed reading voted10 surya
all sound.. no fire' all mouth.. no action.. this poem is fantastic,
Very insightful and elusive at the same time.. a ten...
Your poems are always filleld with so much meaning. I always feel halfway scared I am not getting all of it. Still my days are improved just by the reading of it; even as just art it is heads and shoulders above most stuff that's out there today. Feel really privileged to have you writing for the audience here at PH.
'Just a splatter of the now'. I prefer to not live in time gone by, and our future has yet to come, yes we can only live in present time, whats gone has gone, why guess at whats to come? Wonderful phrasing in this beautiful philosophical poem. Thank you for tempting me to visit.
great thought out! astonishing imageries! fine diction! all together WOW! 10+
I love your poetry too Ben, and so pleased to see two new ones. This philosophical poem has outstanding imagery. 'A bell tolls. Who is gone now? A star falls. Darkness shuts us in. What can you see? ' and again with the star 'We are all desire. It comes and goes leaving smoke that trails like a falling star in the dark of sleight view'. I particularly like how you encourage the reader to interpret their own past as well. This is what I call simply outstanding poetry in every way. 10 love Karin
You are a great metaphysical poet. I love your poetry. We opened doors after door with mutual fear at the core, Heat's window we never open Soothing scenes our life soften. CP
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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A great poem. A deep peep into life to see what it is. A kind of introspection of our lives, their values, their worth. Wonderful poetry.