(19-05-1964 / Radauti, Judet Suceava, Romania)

poet Marieta Maglas
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The Echo of the Highest Peak (Oxymoron Poem)

We've been in the burning frost o' the highest
peak to unlock the open secrets, and to leave
the sweet sorrow. In my upward fall, I told the
pure evilness, ''I want nothin' more and ne'er


again''. I hung the word in that eloquent qu'etness.
I hung the qu'etness in the air. I found its own sense
and the opposite. The word and the qu'etness were
like the hole and the star. In that spiritual freezer burning,


I found the insomniac dreams o' my destiny and the
waking dreams o' my un-destiny. You made them
become numb feelings and vice versa much more
than a lyric song becomes a music sound to be a



lyric song again. In that magic realism, my silent scream
was moved into its echo to become deafening silence
forever. Fairly obvious, the down climbing evilness
echo'd, ''I want nothin' more and ne'er again''

Note; My poem is a Dramatic monologue structured like a blank
verse using the oxymoron

Submitted: Thursday, January 03, 2013

Poet's Notes about The Poem

'A REVIEW OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE To explore the possibilities of Dramatic Monologue within the Whitehern historical archives, we must first understand what constitutes a Dramatic Monologue. Many detailed definitions of this poetic genre can be found, but all boil down to these basics.1. The Dramatic Monologue is written in the first person, apparent either at the beginning or disclosed somewhere within the poem. This is often an historical personage, who becomes the persona of the poem. This will often be the case with the Whitehern material since the monologue may be “spoken” by one of the members of the family, as in a letter.2. In the Dramatic Monologue there is an explicit or an implied listener, and the listener is sometimes addressed in the poem.3. In the Dramatic Monologue the persona of the poem reveals or betrays something of his/her own character in the telling, often a negative aspect, and certainly an ironic or dramatic aspect.4. The form of a Dramatic Monologue varies, but is usually a lyric poem, and can be a strictly structured poem like a sonnet, or can be a prose poem, or blank verse.''

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  • Marieta Maglas (1/19/2013 2:39:00 PM)

    Nick Adegwe-Oshomah28 minutes ago
    A dramatic exposition. Good good oxymoron poem
    Comment 1 Comment+1
    Wow

    Sydney Baker18 days ago
    I'm a big theatre person and that, my dear would be an amazing performance piece. I loved it.
    Comment 1 Comment+1
    About my poem

    Marieta Maglas18 days ago
    ''A REVIEW OF THE CHARACTERISTICS
    OF THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

    To explore the possibilities of Dramatic Monologue within the Whitehern historical archives, we must first understand what constitutes a Dramatic Monologue. Many detailed definitions of this poetic genre can be found, but all boil down to these basics.

    1. The Dramatic Monologue is written in the first person, apparent either at the beginning or disclosed somewhere within the poem. This is often an historical personage, who becomes the persona of the poem. This will often be the case with the Whitehern material since the monologue may be ?spoken? by one of the members of the family, as in a letter.

    2. In the Dramatic Monologue there is an explicit or an implied listener, and the listener is sometimes addressed in the poem.

    3. In the Dramatic Monologue the persona of the poem reveals or betrays something of his/her own character in the telling, often a negative aspect, and certainly an ironic or dramatic aspect.

    4. The form of a Dramatic Monologue varies, but is usually a lyric poem, and can be a strictly structured poem like a sonnet, or can be a prose poem, or blank verse.''
    Comment +1
    Cool

    Vivian Madley18 days ago
    I love it when poems have a sort of theme like this one.
    Comment 1 Comment+1
    I love it

    Elias Foukis18 days ago
    Dramatic poem
    Comment 1 Comment+1
    i love oxymorons


    Danita18 days ago
    nice
    Comment 1 Comment+1
    This monologue would be a great performance piece.

    Briana Mason18 days ago
    As I read the words I found myself reading out loud and mildly performing this piece as with all dramatic monologues to evoke the truest essence of the words.
    Comment 1 Comment+1
    Ok


    Bill Marino18 days ago
    Needs work

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