pjhernes

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pjhernes
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I dance with prose and I wrestle with poetry. I think poetry wins most of the time, but once in awhile I am inspired.

  February 2023     1 year ago

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For Two Caregivers

I am the parched land, and you are the water
Together we can make rivers that caress the rocks and sparkle with joy
Our waterfalls will vault into the air with fearlessness
And implicit faith that the land and water will be together again in the...

– by Peter Hernes

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There are too many poems that read like random words and imagines thrown together, and it's supposed to be profound, but it's really just confusing and I have to do all the work as the reader to make sense of anything. And I question whether the author worked as hard trying to impose meaning as I have to work to find it. But in this poem, there is really just one intriguing idea to focus on -- rainbows that melt that can define both an individual life (and death) as well as a relationship both in life and in death. That feels worth my time to think about. 

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Knowing what this poem is really about makes me wonder if the proper function of poetry is to communicate with people who know you and your world. There is a lot here that casual readers will never understand or feel. 

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