Missing Poem by Glen Kappy
Missing
An old
print
of a forlorn
landscape.
Vanishing in the
distance
centered near
the top
a small
rectangle
the last
car
of a freight
train.
There must be
workers
can't build a
train
run a
train
without
them
but the
picture
shows
none
not
one.
I like this poem very much- -and your structure lends a visual aspect to the words! ! Great job! ! ! !
It is the 'missing' that makes it so intriguing. Paintings and poetry are like twins. ou have to visulise the images through the colours and read the words that are silent. Loved it Glen.....10
Your poem makes one thinking, thinking about the missing things in a picture. A poem is not just what you said. It is more what you left unsaid. I liked it though it not my genre.
thanks, aniruddha. though i think i replied to this comment of yours, i don't see it. hmmm... thank you or thanks again for taking the time to read and respond. -glen
thank you, aniruddha. yes, you're right, poetry is often about what is suggested, what is not said. that's the fun in reading good haiku or anything that i've heard described as " high context" literature. it's the kind that requires life experience to " read between the lines." -glen
Very intriguing poem, Glen. Is it a painting? Why the focus on the missing workers? My mom had a painting of a scene with farm workers piling up the last of the hay onto a horse-cart while black clouds in the distance threatened rain. We used to talk about it for ages. In early 1900’s often photographers used to try to make sure there weren’t any people in the photos to “spoil the scene”.
you ask good questions, laurie. this came in a dreamlike state. and landscapes, of course, don't have to have people, but the status of labor and laborers in the u.s. is probably as bad or worse than it's ever been. also, i watched with wendy a series, on wheels, about those who built the transcontinental railroad and the conditions they endured. -glen
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Beautiful. The picture like a poem captures a moment in life, yet leaves, if it’s good, behind the wonder of imagining what is not present, the things, people, nuances that create the snapshots of life we briefly observe. Wonderful Glenn. So well done.
thanks, smoky. good to see your comment. hoping all's well with you, glen