Go to Sea Gypsy Poetry
- Add a comment
- Go to POEM
Re: BC-A
Yes, it is. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 11, 2017 at 10:00 PM
| link to this | reply
Love's needed for substance
posted by
BC-A
on July 11, 2017 at 5:09 PM
| link to this | reply
Re:
Thank you.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 10, 2017 at 10:15 PM
| link to this | reply
posted by
Annicita
on July 10, 2017 at 9:42 PM
| link to this | reply
Re: Nautikos
Naut, guess this ain't your cuppa, as they say! LOL! It could be read in the spirit of letting go to move forward, looking backwards as a release to move forward, even if it is like choking on dry bones. Though if one reads Ezekial's Dream, Dry Bones, even on Wiki, it becomes more political, almost an allegory. And has no end... But there is an ending, as I said. I just didn't like it. Oh, yeah! I wrote it. hmmm?
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 10, 2017 at 9:11 PM
| link to this | reply
Re: TAPS
Hah! I think of Julie Andrews singing, "A little cup of coffee (instead of a 'little bit of sugar') makes the almond biscotti (instead of 'medicine') go down..." 
LOL!
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 10, 2017 at 9:01 PM
| link to this | reply
RP
I completely missed the Biblical connection - no surprise there, I guess, LOL...As for the rest - I see it as hinting at the struggle between a wish for death and the urge towards life...
posted by
Nautikos
on July 10, 2017 at 8:40 PM
| link to this | reply
I love the comparison to biscotti. It sounds as if he needed a cup of hot coffee.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 10, 2017 at 3:28 PM
| link to this | reply
Re: Re: Aba Brother
Please see my further explanation to FSI. I hope that makes it a little more clear. Didn't want to repeat myself. :)
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 10, 2017 at 12:48 PM
| link to this | reply
Re: BC-A
No, no phobia here. It's an allegory, and about facing the past to move forward. Thank you, BC-A.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 10, 2017 at 11:28 AM
| link to this | reply
Re: FSI
Okay, FSI! You nailed it! Sorry to frustrate you with the no ending. There is an ending but I didn't like it, so I didn't put it on. Yes, indeedy, one could read this as an allegory, and you caught it! Kudos! In Ezekiel's dream, the Dry Bones came back to life, had flesh and were revitalized; symbolizing a rebirth, renewal for the people of Israel so they may be home. So it is with some people. Some must face the past (dry bones) and resolve issues in order to move forward, and experience a rebirth, a renewal, both in relationships and elsewhere. Whew! That's what's going on... I think. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 10, 2017 at 11:27 AM
| link to this | reply
Re: C_C_T
No, it's not unusual, but it's just a poem, and in a sense, an allegory as mentioning the Dry Bones would lead one to surmise.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 10, 2017 at 11:14 AM
| link to this | reply
Re: Aba Brother
Thank you, and yes, I do write from the heart, even when it is just writing, so maybe I did my job okay. There is an ending but I didn't like it, so I didn't put it on here. I suppose it would have been better to do so, as I seem to have left people frustrated with this piece. It can also be read as an allegory. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 10, 2017 at 11:11 AM
| link to this | reply
This is an effective use of a physical phobia applied emotionally love.
posted by
BC-A
on July 10, 2017 at 9:56 AM
| link to this | reply
The lack of the ending makes the reader wonder what is going on...Is there also a Biblical Allusion to the Valley of the Dry Bones? If I recall correctly, it was Ezekiel who brought them up.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 10, 2017 at 9:07 AM
| link to this | reply
Not unusual I am afraid, there is no prelude to one's own expectations. Tough stuff.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 10, 2017 at 7:28 AM
| link to this | reply
Kudos, big sis .. You floored my on that, read it once, then again to find the crisis-crosses of emotions that can be only yours, writing as you did, from your heart. My feelings as I understand, and then leaving the concluding line open; these literary devices I like a lot, Lol! 
posted by
anib
on July 9, 2017 at 10:00 PM
| link to this | reply