Himself

Himself

wind

wind up toy

caroms off a cloud

looks like a playdoh 

dinosaur laughing

others follow in the rain

soon, he will eat them

erin-cilberto

9/26/25

Reviews

[Emunah June.]

You do this fantastically brilliant job of switching between the mundane and the violent so effectively that the transition is fluid, seamless, and well received. You go from this stunning imagery of clouds and toys and cue balls, to -- boom! Dinosaurs! Eating! Murder or survival? There is a sort of subtle depth there that I absolutely fall in love with each time I indulge in your work.

I took this poem as people who underestimate the wolf among the sheep. They look innocent and may even present leadership skills (i.e. the line "others follow in the rain", I assume to follow the dinosaur in question) and figure out who they truly are far too late. I also took this as the loss of innocence, fading into something far more dangerous. Its all so beautiful no matter how I look at it.

You have once again outdone yourself.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I like all of those trains of thoughts. Thank you, Emunah...I like that you found somewhere for your own thoughts to go for this write.
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

whoa! danger danger Will Robertson ... not sure what to make of this one big j. ... but i'm sceeerd for sure ... jacob .. do you feel power moving away form you?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I am scared of that man, myself. And it needs to be told.
thank you, E.
j.

[Lydia Shutter]

Watching clouds has always been a favorite pastime for me. You taught me a new word...."carom". playdoh dinosaurs can be inspirational! Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Lydi,
j.

[redzone]

One of the reasons why 'silence = complicity'. whether that silence comes from thinking that dinosaur is only playdoh, or from thinking that dinosaur will somehow solve their problems (who needs an umbrella?). On the other hand, some are more ferocious than he is. But too many decent people still do not yet understand that he came out of the very workings of the dinosaur world, and while that meteor may have ended his reign of terror, the world kept moving on. After all, there is plenty of playdoh, is there not? But without that meteor, there would be no decent people. Perhaps these people will not only want to get relief from the rain, but they will also see the need to end the deeper reign.

Jacob, your poetry has a bite to it lately, and it is not only much appreciated but urgently needed.
-Curt

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I can't contain my anger...thank you for understanding that and still maintaining an interest in my work.
j.

[redzone]

Your "work", all of it, is inspiring, Jacob. Besides the title POET, perhaps even more important title should be HUMANE! I think your work reflects this humanity.

[FlatDaddy]

perhaps, perhaps, but I'd like to hear the laughter first

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you FD...lately my anger has made my pen move in a political direction...I will keep speaking out until I am preempted...
j.

[FlatDaddy]

Don't blame you for that; I've had a couple bouts with that myself you might have noticed. Speaking of noticing, I tried your link to StarsRite but it didn't work for me. They still wanted a code, I still asked for one, I still waited, and I still did not get one, I found an email address for Fla, though, and just sent her an email, whining loudly. Maybe that will work.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Hope she gets you in.
For now, I am doing both sites...keeps my hopping from poem to poem.

[FlatDaddy]

Well, I'm in -- but my right hand hurts so much I can barely use it. I got "I Know Why ..." posted but that's all. Later more, maybe. Maybe I'll leave just that one there and everything else here, on standby.

[W. Barrett Munn]

Your imagination fascinates me, how you elect to construct your poems.
wind/wind is excellent especially with the subtle cloud callback..

Speaking of books, I just go the complete works of Louise Glück—now she was amazing.

Be well.

Winston