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Here is a rather abstract poem I wrote. I wrote it quickly, seeming to find that abstract poetry can take as much time to write as it takes one to dream a dream (I suppose that's relative). To me abstract poems are like dreams. There is an explanation below, which may not be the only one.
The Mat Phrase
Written on 19 May 2005 (Thursday) - 11:45pm
Upon the watery skies of earth,
we find a beacon of lamp shades.
They fall beneath the coals and shoals;
they undermine those needy souls,
escaping drought and frost of cold
yet ever repenting with calf slaves.
Abounding upon the golden bonds,
with shacks--and sheckles--to the ponds,
waving their lavish screaming fronds
and singing their open waving songs! [this line said with vehemence]
What can they open to stir the gong? [Curiously; mildly; relaxed]
But flattering words of gnat phrase! [Strongly/angrily]
The gout, and shout; the ill-calmed lout--
they all together shall tumble throughout
and find the weather of trembling scouts
to creep, and greet the findings of kraut
and ever and better their foaming bout
come to the end of the storming route
and open the course, an *endless* pout, [draw out 'endless']
and saddle the horse to the endless pout [sadly]
all clamoring for their candles gone out,
were ordered and mortared to ash trays;
sorted and courted to ash trays.
The night comes quick, that apple's wick.
Tricks must fall, but shields can wall--
to help stake upon their one last call,
hoping like those who never fall,
groping for stand to never fall.
and welcomed they join in choirs withawl
in beckoning bliss their mat prays.
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The first line, remarks upon the sadness of the poem. Lamp shades, represent the people spoken of next. Coals and shoals could represent numerous things, of which I don't have time to extrapolate at the moment. Calf slaves represent sacrifices offered by the lamp shades--perhaps unrequired sacrifices. Golden bonds represent their hypocrisy. The next line can represent their giving but tokens of their abundance, to the ponds (in hopes of having their wishes granted), and not those who need it. The next line, with 'lavish screaming fronds' represents their riches, the showiness of their riches (hence the screaming), or how they show them off, and their idolatry. The next two lines are abstract, and I need time to think about them in order to extrapolate what they mean properly; howbeit, "But flattering words of gnat phrase!" gives reference to their annoying flattery, but there is more to say here. Foaming bout refers to madness/blindness (perhaps not quite in the literal sense we would think) and contention. Storming route references the difficulty of the path, or the badness of it. Apple's wick references quite a few things, in and out of the poem. The last line is a plea (from those who have followed the better route) to the reader, and more, to follow after the better route. Let's say that the words 'mat' and 'welcomed' are connected through the cultural thought of welcome mats. However, all mats are not welcome mats, and so the word 'mat' alone does not represent welcome, but a message to the visitor, the reader, and those upon the earth. The word 'welcomed' in the previous line is a trigger to offset the true meaning of the word 'mat', or to let us know that it represents a message. The word 'prays' in the final line represents the earnestness of the plea. The stuff I didn't mention, like the pout, the candles gone out, and the ash trays, is a bunch of stuff to set the sadness of the poem into motion.
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