Yeah, I really like Walden as well - almost didn't include it, but then when I was re-reading his poems, I was like, why'd ya leave that one out haha! Aw thanks LeeAnn, yeah, it was one of those moments - everything lead towards those words forming. Thanks so much for enjoying them! :-)
What a wonderful way to put it: "endlessly unfolding... light and delightful." Love that. Aw, thanks Hasse. Ya definitely some mundanity in there, mixed with a little depression, but a hopefulness too. Peaks and troughs. Learning to navigate the ups and downs.
Sorry to hear you've been going through it too. I have it on good authority some people actually just feel relatively ok a majority of the time, and don't have massive swings of depression haha. I struggle to believe it, but supposedly it's true. :-D
I loved reading these poems by Robert Alden Sanborn and your poem at the very end. Very beautiful end to my Friday
Aw thanks so much Suchita - really appreciate it. So glad I could add some beauty to your Friday. :-)
“On the checker-board, / Sky squares and water squares” - tremendous!
Ya - that's a great one huh! One of my favs too. :-)
Such a pleasure to read this gorgeous rush of words.
Awwwww thanks Margaret :-) Love that - "rush of words"! Really describes his style.
These are delightful. I think "To Walden" is my favorite of the batch. I love yours, especially that last part:
oh sky
shut your mouth,
& let tomorrow
be a furnace
of joy
Yeah, I really like Walden as well - almost didn't include it, but then when I was re-reading his poems, I was like, why'd ya leave that one out haha! Aw thanks LeeAnn, yeah, it was one of those moments - everything lead towards those words forming. Thanks so much for enjoying them! :-)
His poems feel like they are endlessly unfolding, somehow. Light and delightful to read.
And yours is another great one! It feels to me to capture something glorious about the mundane...
What a wonderful way to put it: "endlessly unfolding... light and delightful." Love that. Aw, thanks Hasse. Ya definitely some mundanity in there, mixed with a little depression, but a hopefulness too. Peaks and troughs. Learning to navigate the ups and downs.
Aren’t we all? I have been doing that myself recently as well.
Sorry to hear you've been going through it too. I have it on good authority some people actually just feel relatively ok a majority of the time, and don't have massive swings of depression haha. I struggle to believe it, but supposedly it's true. :-D
It’s gotta be some of that left brain hemisphere “rigidity” at work, hehe.
Anyway, the ups and downs add a lot of different colors to life at least.