Fear of Word Blindness

Fear of Word Blindness

 

Banks of blank ivorine

stacked high but

thinly like old oriental

  lacquered tsuba ..

Each scream both loud

and high enough

to shatter those fragile

hand blown

champagne flutes you

  long treasured ..

Whereas, somewhere

else completely,

rows of old scribes sit

cross legged

 in their temples calmly

contemplating

white noise but fearing

word blindness

   

tho still craving obscurity ..

 

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

This poem has so much in it that I can relate to my friend. I wrote a poem once called Silver Linings which covered a moment when a whole shelf of cut glass shifted. I lost champagne flutes that were a wedding gift. Also I had a spell of word blindness which basically meant I wasn’t interpreting correctly written words. Stress can cause that. It’s gone now. This is packed with metaphors and other stuff. I could write a book about it. There’s a lot of noise here, white noise and shattering glass but nothing to be worried about. You have an amazing ability to turn the everyday into thoughtful poetry Neville.

Chris

[Neville]

I owe you BIG time our Chris .. & know where you are coming from .. it takes guts to make certain disclosures even when encrypted .. Thanks tons 💜

[LH Weiss]

This is so odd and thought provoking. What was the inspiration behind it?

[Neville]

oddly enough about writers block or word blindness .. thanks for stopping by .. Neville

[redd Brick Keshner]

Oh wow, there is no Fave button on this site! The permanence that word provides obliterates obscurity.

[Neville]

Bless you rBK .. it seems most of em reach for the delete .. so thank you so very bloomin much .. Neville 😎👍

[redd Brick Keshner]

I hear ya! Now go catch that flight🕊️🙏

[Lorry]

I didn't know what tsuba was Nev, so I just pictured my special edition black scrabble tiles with white lettering instead, but instead of printers I pictured weary monks hand engraving them instead, which surely would have been a special edition indeed!
I do have certain word blindness, but only in posh restaurants where they call tomato on toast bruschetta. I insist on calling it tomato on toast and tell them they are highway robbers for charging twenty quid for it!
But at least my fear of word blindness wouldn't end my career. Well not unless a new rule says we all have to write in scrabble tiles! 😃

[Neville]

Ha .. I'm betting a lot of folk wouldn't have gone to so much bother Loz (not that I imagine many will have stopped by for long enough to get to the word tsuba anyway .. I'm also betting a few that did get here thought it was one o them big brass things the fat guy always blows down in them marching bands .. Seeing you here made my day mate becuz between you, Ken and the guy up there who looks a bit like Roy Orbison you all helpd break my own personal best in terms of number of actual reviews recieved in the last cupple of years .. or is that just me blowing my own tuba .. Cheers bro ,, take care o ya sen & Katie .. 😎💛🐧..🐧👍xx

[Ken Simm.]

I enjoyed this as one of my first reads when I am literally back from the dead. A complex piece illustrating an ironical mind. Excellent.

[Neville]

Praise be brother Ken .. I have been a wondering .. I sincerely hope you are now fully recovered and recuperated and again fighting fit .. I shall be keeping my good eye on you from now on .. honest ..