The Hermit

This poem, like the hermit in Tarot, reflects on itself.

 

Hermit
illuminates lamp.
Random
shadows distort faces of
mannequins;
loneliness in drowning crowd.
Seeking truth
from whispered riddle -
answer
the inside soul!

Reflection...

Soul inside the
answer
(riddle whispered from
truth seeking).
Crowd drowning in loneliness;
mannequins
of faces distort shadows.
Random
lamp illuminates
hermit.

 

 

Author's Note

Mirror poem (palindrome) - reads the same forward and backward.

Reviews

This is a very trippy poem.

It works both ways, keeps integrity in its message, and has great flow.

Great form, great rhythm, wonderful use of atmospherics.

This is a wonderful piece

[James Takeo Panton]

You play with the word and it plays with you.....another excellent piece, my friend.....

[luthien7]

Cool. Not a trick I've seen before and it works very, very well here with the content. Excellent flow, both ways.

Thanks

[Rhonda]

I love the way you tied this in with the tarot card.
Short, but deep and consuming.

Great.

-R