On
A Dare:
A Challenge commenced
Bluest, tertiary
In
moderate philosophy
Jupiter’s
flames
Purple, white
Instructed
arrows
To
take
Flight
On
a quest:
For knowledge—of
Insatiable
thirst—
For questions
&
Answers for.
Yet
Space
Must
Remain
Open
Without conformity
Blessed—with
speakers’ tongue
Anointed—a
thinkers’ mind
And to share—
You cherish
Each Revelation
Every
charming line
You set to life—
Now
known
And
Free.
Always
in-motion
Stimulated
by the move
From
the new to the new again
Even
when settling in
When settled down
You
set forth
Your
feet—
Begin to thump—
For
Eager excursions—
To absorb the sights therein
Sagittarius
Archer or
A Centaur to Tarot
Quiver filled
With creation’s light
Bound to stir
Imagination
everywhere
Gaining
adoration
As
Apple fired into
Cored
From the
Shot
Between
Right Place, Right Time
Attracting fortune yet to come
Although
friends flock
From
angles wide
Even
with a disposition of the sun
You,
will, when asked
Speak
the truth
Brutal,
tactless
Charm
Although
good tidings seek and find
You
can grow overwhelmed
With
optimism’s blinders
Securely
on
Saddest
sight this side of
To
see a chalice
Drained
Wan
Burnt
down
Charring
To-
Isolation’s
love reclaim
Duality
Beast/man
Secrets
Dwell
Within
Rules
Bump
Flesh
Upon skin
Yet, still
It’s your intellect
That drives you mad
As the regulations
You understand
As necessary
Means
But
Still despise
For all that
Calamity
Constriction breeds
Duality
Love
Jovial;
free
Yet
So
often
Found
alone
In
love with space
Free
of hands
Tied
to chore
Refusing
your
Mind’s
chance
to explore
Yet,
when love
Catches spirit
All will be done
To secure
Connection
Tight
Criticize—
They may—
For your
Compassion—
Seams
Of fray
Criticize—
They could-
For your
Honesty—
Can
Birth
Disarray
Criticize—
For your
Unforgiving
Aspects
Surround
Amongst
As
Moral code means the most
High Ethics hold no compromise
For honesty directed alone from/within
Your eyes
So, upon betrayal
Betray you shall
In turn
Endless are
the miles
As bow
Traverses wood
Sagittarius
Archer
Always
hunting
Sagittarian
Bow
Forever
Needs
to know
Three
types twill thy rank
The
most positive
The
never quenched
The
losing gambler…
… always landing on their feet
Once again awesome job. Really like how you played with the archer and centuar remark. The losing gambler I never knew, although must be nice to lose and land on ones feet. But with four feet I guess it's a little easier haha. Like how you set the first up as sort of a stary night type deal too, with the words just splatted here and there.
ReplyDeleteHere I find another magnificent zodiac poem from you. I admit I know only a little of astrology (I was born on a cusp as was my brother). However, I have extensively studied personality theory so I find these fascinating. The symbolism mixed in with the tension inherent within a defined psychological structure is making this series potent with possibility. First, the structure is wonderful, it adds to the tensive elements, the dual nature of the sign. You so well capture the twinning aspects. It all combines for powerful effect like the tension of the bow being drawn. Within the poem you create literal and figurative space, so important for the intellectual explorations of the sign. There are several places where this poem reaches Shakespearian proportions. Examples include: 'But/Still despise/For all that/Calamity/Constriction breed'; 'Blessed—with speakers’ tongue/Anointed—a thinkers’ mind'; 'Three types twill thy rank/The most positive/The never quenched'; 'Your eyes/So, upon betrayal/Betray you shall/In turn/Endless are the miles/As bow/Traverses wood'. This is really wonderful work Fred; I can't believe we'll be blessed with 10 more.
ReplyDeletePat, thanks I appreciate that. Yeah, I've never seen a cat not land on all fours:) Actually, come to think of it, I believe I heard it's impossible...Hmm.
ReplyDeleteAnna,
Thank you, really glad you're enjoying the series so far. Love your interpretations, really amazing to read. The Shakespearean comparison is beyond cool. Love that. Thanks again, really fun putting these together. They take a bit longer than most pieces because there's so much checking "facts" out, but still a whole lot of fun to do. I never really got too deep into astrology, but as with many things, I have always found it interesting, just really got into reading up on it all a little while back. Finally got the urge to compose a series about it. Again really glad you enjoyed it.
The spacing and scatter of words emphasize the sign personality as one that cannot be bounded in, nor stay fixed in one place. "In love with space" indeed.
ReplyDeleteTruth is not one side. Such the words going left and right and the emphasis on the sign's honesty, leading me to a sort of off tangent thought -- I think truth doesn't take sides, and a person telling it like it all the time may seem to switch sides because he isn't on one side or the other -- when someone is wrong he just points it out be it friend or foe.
The centered lines with "criticize" -- the narrowness that these try to confine. The sign's own standards seems to burst out of the narrowness at the end there, and return, sprung away from it.
Really enjoyed reading this. I shall wait in anticipation for the next sign you will do. :)
Raven, really like your interpretation a lot, some really amazing feedback. Love your idea about the centered lines. I believe Capricorn is next up, but head's not really on straight this morning so I'll have to look that up. Definitely has been a fun series so far. Thanks
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