articulation

poetry - n. 1: writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rythmn 2 a: a quality that stirs the imagination b: a quality of spontaneity and grace

Name: dthaase

Monday, May 23, 2005

Departure

for Ryan Harmon

The Whistler has left the building –
With his aviator stare
and Eighties flare.

So is this what it is to mourn the living –
From summer glare
to winter wear.

The coldness of leaving.

This is the dawn folded into night –
Your then to now
in final bow.

As the farmer moves in plight –
Pulling ground
by the plough,

passing out of sight.

Held by the color of a winsome life –
“Goodbye,”
we sigh.

Caught within all that’s rife –
A cloudless sky
gone awry –

Departure causing inner strife.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Tom Daley said...

Saturday, April 8, 2006

Dear dt. haase;

I found your blog by Googling "tritina" and then your lovely, spare piece, "Hide & Seek" came into view. I would like to include it in an exercise on the tritina I am writing for a workshop I lead at the Online School of Poetry (http://www.onlineschoolofpoetry.com/TomDaleyWorkshop.html). May I have your permission to use it in this exercise? I can't pay you any money for it, but I am sure it will be an inspiration for the workshop participants.

My taste in poetry tends toward more textured diction than this poem, but something about the utter cleanness and simplicity of it is very appealing to me. A little reminiscent of the late Robert Creeley.

I epecially liked the chiming of the monosyllabic words in the last line.

If it’s all right with you for me to use it, could you please tell me how you would like your name presented in the author credit? Is it just dt. haase (all in lower case) as on the blog or something more (or less)?

Thanks very much,

Tom Daley
tom.daley2@verizon.net

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