Sheath of feeling. Words groping to touch air.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Titles
Sometimes I have trouble with titles. The Red Flower was the only one I could ultimately use because those were the first three words of the poem (which I hope you get, how it was written I mean), and that's okay when you can't come up with anything else. The Red Flower seems to be part of another series, a 'Vishnu, The Preserver' series perhaps, who knows if a theme is developing. The Venus Poems are continuing to develop. Mostly I'm fine with the titles I choose. Though In the Throes of Love... really was a bit much, sort of 40s romance, or I thought, this morning Venus in Lament would I think be better, since she's left being Celestial Aphrodite and entered the realm of Pandemos, where there are no rules and it isn't altogether fun, but why give away the last line? Oh, it's so impossible, this naming of the words of love that poetry is...
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The Red Flower is a perfect title, methinks, for that one.
ReplyDeleteI don't get over here as often as I'd like ("real life" sucks sometimes;-p), though I'm always impressed by your way with words.
Which is why I hope you'll accept this TAG. T'would be very interesting.
BTW, The Red Flower is very scary, pulls you in and then goes unexpectedly surrealistic...I like.
That last line...terrifying!
Hmnn, a.decker, I accept the "tag" though who knows when 6 words will appear... :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback on the poem, much appreciated. What inspired it was scary too!
I just added links to "Red Flower" and "Vishnu on Chinese New Year" to my movie riffing post, and submitted it to 3 more carnivals.
ReplyDeleteWe'll start a movement yet!
;-)