(Not So Sheer) Poetry in Motion

Good poetry seems so simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech. - Thoreau

Studies in Motion, 2009.  The Cast.

Photo by Tim Matheson - Electric Company Theatre

birth

blood

death

love

faith

out of breath

lots of commotion

not so sheer

poetry in motion

Author's Note

"Poetry is the only life got, the only work done, the only pure product and free labor of man, performed only when he has put all the world under his feet, and conquered the last of his foes." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Storm]

beautifully written. I love how you say so much with so little. In the first 2 words I see a beginning and then a bitter end. In the next verse I feel the physical symptoms of the emotion love and faith bring. Then as you bring the poem to a close, describing it as poetry I feel is just plain genius. I also like how you sum up the first two verses as commotion. Life definitely has a lot of that. Thanks for sharing. Best wishes to you.

[Pete]

it sure does have a lot of that as you say. you of all people know what it's like in the eye of a "storm". it's like each day of our lives is a new poem. thanks so much for sharing awesome thoughts! ... :)

[Just Kim]

Bravo, very well said. Poetry is never quite down and over with, life is like poetry in motion.
Love this....

[Pete]

righto kim. thanks. so kind of you to say. never stop writing the poetry of life ... :)