So much to love here: “the flags and honking cars” and “howling down a spiral staircase” bring a strong sense of the wail of grief. Also, starting with wine and ending with tea, a reversal of what’s expected. Thank you.
I’d love to try sometime, but it seems unbelievably difficult to me! Perhaps not for someone with a very wide knowledge of poets and poems, but my own knowledge feels quite limited.
All you have to do is pull a few poetry books off your shelf, or download a few poems from the web, and start seeing what fits. Collage. When I started writing centos many years ago, I was often using texts by poets I had never heard of, and that’s how I came to know them.
". . . out of the barn / and into the static ..."
This is just so delicious. I first saw "attic" then "static" then had to think about it. Thanks so much for the digression and the poem.
I had the same encounter with that line.
So much to love here: “the flags and honking cars” and “howling down a spiral staircase” bring a strong sense of the wail of grief. Also, starting with wine and ending with tea, a reversal of what’s expected. Thank you.
Thank you, Mary.
Marvelous.
Thank you, Mike.
Wow!! Amazing cento. This wow section blows me away:
(someone dying of love, someone from whom time had taken
flags and honking cars,
the various and gathered families)
Thanks, Mary. I keep hoping you will try a cento. It’s a fantastic practice, and easier than it seems.
I’d love to try sometime, but it seems unbelievably difficult to me! Perhaps not for someone with a very wide knowledge of poets and poems, but my own knowledge feels quite limited.
All you have to do is pull a few poetry books off your shelf, or download a few poems from the web, and start seeing what fits. Collage. When I started writing centos many years ago, I was often using texts by poets I had never heard of, and that’s how I came to know them.
Well, if I do write one, you’ll be the first to know!
So interesting what you can do with borrowed lines! Much to ponder.
I’ve got to try one of these. This is marvelous.
I hope you will. If you write one you like, I will guest-post it here.
That’s so sweet. Thank you!