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TAPAS
Nails on ankles scratch for cures,
For woes and vex that foes cause
And dystopic eyes focus on distant shores
While wisdom waits.
Blame bites blood to the bone,
Blunt words break wear and wight,
Vane wit vainglories vaults and wanes
While wisdom waits.
A life without needs, needs meaning.
Meaning meaning quietude in love:
Salmon, a sip, jamon, a tapas of brave patatas;
While wisdom waits.
For woes and vex that foes cause
And dystopic eyes focus on distant shores
While wisdom waits.
Blame bites blood to the bone,
Blunt words break wear and wight,
Vane wit vainglories vaults and wanes
While wisdom waits.
A life without needs, needs meaning.
Meaning meaning quietude in love:
Salmon, a sip, jamon, a tapas of brave patatas;
While wisdom waits.
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30th May 2014 4:04pm
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30th May 2014 7:19pm
Smiling at this Bass as I read your comment on calle Cervantes Madrid the couple behind me have exploded in anger or passion - perhaps both:)
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31st May 2014 2:17am
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31st May 2014 2:50am
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31st May 2014 9:12am
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31st May 2014 5:33pm
This poem has me drifting within my own meditative state...
'Metaphorically' speaking-- it almost seems as if the poet is just on the verge of acquiring self actualization...( attaining insight, and wisdom)... the utilization of 'inner-energy'--to reach the greatest possible state of creative power......
by 'tapping' into the 'inner-heat' of spicy Spanish food! :)
(Sort of like 'melding' the art of tapas...with tapas....???)
This piece is cleverly crafted...es perfecto!
'Metaphorically' speaking-- it almost seems as if the poet is just on the verge of acquiring self actualization...( attaining insight, and wisdom)... the utilization of 'inner-energy'--to reach the greatest possible state of creative power......
by 'tapping' into the 'inner-heat' of spicy Spanish food! :)
(Sort of like 'melding' the art of tapas...with tapas....???)
This piece is cleverly crafted...es perfecto!
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31st May 2014 7:25pm
Hey big thanks Enchantress for the deep read - your insight as ever enlightens the writer!
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1st Jun 2014 10:10am
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1st Jun 2014 1:49pm
It is good to be reading your poems again Whale, this refreshes me, with its curious bite and sentimentality. Bravo!
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1st Jun 2014 5:12pm
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1st Jun 2014 7:37pm
Tapas, from the people that have elevated waiting for tomorrow to an art form -
- the place where some escape from their lives, and others find meaning on the strange road to Santiago.
- the place where some escape from their lives, and others find meaning on the strange road to Santiago.
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1st Jun 2014 10:30pm
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1st Jun 2014 9:43pm
Enjoyed that much, whale. The artful use of alliterations has me thinking of fireworks. Brilliant!
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1st Jun 2014 10:31pm
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2nd Jun 2014 10:21am
Always a pleasure to read your work.I never lack a new vocabulary to add to my dictation!!!
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2nd Jun 2014 1:00pm
Re: Tapas
5th Jun 2014 10:34pm
A grammatical thing: in the second line of verse one "vex" should be plural.
This one doesn't flow easily because of its wordplay, which is constantly causing double takes (at least for this reader) but that's an acceptable sacrifice when the wordplay's as fun as it is here. The first line of verse two is a great example of aliteration, for instance.
This one doesn't flow easily because of its wordplay, which is constantly causing double takes (at least for this reader) but that's an acceptable sacrifice when the wordplay's as fun as it is here. The first line of verse two is a great example of aliteration, for instance.
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6th Jun 2014 00:19am
Thanks AL for this careful commentary
- on flow - I'm playing a bit with tempo and pacing - so work in progress here
- on "vex" - correctly noted but kept in as a London colloquialism - and is of that emotion recollected that's captured here - it conjures "hex"
Thanks for the visit and I look forward to your future reads
- on flow - I'm playing a bit with tempo and pacing - so work in progress here
- on "vex" - correctly noted but kept in as a London colloquialism - and is of that emotion recollected that's captured here - it conjures "hex"
Thanks for the visit and I look forward to your future reads
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2nd Jul 2014 8:30pm
Good food, cold drink, pen and paper on hand, what more do we need? Aw yes, wisdom and the tickle of our muse. Good write.
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