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Chaser Cairn
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 10:11 am
by Tracy Mitchell
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Chaser Cairn
Perchance
our sight bends past
people holding to us
like the gravity of dead stars.
Tonight.
Of course
we have held on
to less, for longer, but
seldom have we held to better.
This tight.
A wind
blows soft into
cupped hands, to make a sound--
mourning doves above the clearing.
First light.
The stream
sounds unending
melt high in the mountains,
reluctantly descending toward
twilight.
We make
piece-work progress
you and I, toward mirrored
bits of sky catching our mothing
in sight.
Re: Chaser Cairn
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 5:04 pm
by Tim J Brennan
google Martin Lake Journal, Tracy, and consider submitting this one (or others of yours I'm sure would qualify).
Tim
Re: Chaser Cairn
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 5:23 pm
by Tracy Mitchell
Thanks Tim, will do.
T
Re: Chaser Cairn
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 8:35 pm
by Colm Roe
Lots of 'ings' here. I know it's suggested by many to reduce/eliminate them.
But I'd hate for them to become an endangered species.
I didn't mind them...but the penultimate line's 'ings' snagged my read.
On the up side I discovered a new word
Mothing...what a fantastically visual word!
The poem is a treat. S1 instructs, and sets up the whole thing so well. It's like being
handed a map, being told where we are going.
The following stanzas are lovely. Sad, but you write with such a light touch it's like
been taken aside by someone to be told really bad news...but we accept it because although we
knew it...we just needed to be told by the right person.
It's such a fab poem. And not a typical Tracy poem!
Great to see you posting here again.
Re: Chaser Cairn
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 12:05 pm
by Tracy Mitchell
I hear you on the "-ings". There are a lot. And yes, some are acceptable I agree.
I thought I'd get by with the ending/descending rhyme. Mourning & clearing are givens, maybe, but not in the same line.
The penultimate line - how's this revision for producing jagged sounds: "bits of sky which catch our mothing" -- I think I like it.
I wish Sio was here.
Thanks so much Colm.
Cheers.
T
Re: Chaser Cairn
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 12:36 pm
by Colm Roe
'that catch' instead of 'which catch'?
Re: Chaser Cairn
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 1:49 pm
by Tracy Mitchell
Re: Chaser Cairn
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:20 pm
by Sharon Leigh
How very beautiful, Tracy. So much contained within. I like Colm's suggestion "that catch" in the final stanza, since the assonance is gently pretty imo and it still keeps to your syllable count. What lovely poeming, a delight.
Re: Chaser Cairn
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 8:18 pm
by Matty11
Neatly chained T. Particularly liked people holding to us/like the gravity of dead stars. and that striving toward mirrored bits of sky.
best
Phil
Re: Chaser Cairn
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 12:50 pm
by Tracy Mitchell
Thanks so much, Sharon and
Matty Phil.
I appreciate your reading and commenting.
T