Dimly Perceived: A Poem For The New Year Poem by Daniel Brick
Dimly Perceived: A Poem For The New Year
This will be no fairy tale,
although many will take refuge
in make-believe and invent
a wall between this true story
and their perception of things.
They will assume the details
can be indefinitely shaped
and reshaped as their hearts
desire it to be. And when things
stubbornly choose to be fixed
in the worst possible shape
of destiny, they go even deeper
into their illusions, and find
the truth of things blocking
further descent, where mind and
reality meet, merge and mold
their unity. Perhaps philosophers
will rejoice at this purity of
results, novelists will seek out
plot patterns and representative
characters to act in concert.
Poets will, at first, indulge
in song and sense in the most basic
awareness of the new reality, but
the best among them will soon -
in a triumph of insight or
an accident of wisdom -
find the words that will compel
us to make this new world familiar,
as if we have always been native
to its time and place. Poets have
long been schooled in such a unity
of hope and necessity. What we dimly
perceive in these early days will be
illuminated soon enough and it will
then be common place. Oh, may the wonder
of these new things flourish! Count yourselves
blessed to be of use to the poets and their visions!
Thanks for this honest and insightful poem, Daniel. I am a real New Year cynic, very loathe to partake in the mindless celebrations. I like your realsitic approach which is at the same time positive and optimistic on another level. I have at least two poems connected with New Year which I will now upload, but you have inspired me to write a new one. Thank you!
Reading your work is like digging to unearth a treasure chest and realizing that every scoop of earth is ore of gold. Some particularly compelling lines: they go even deeper into their illusions, and find the truth of things blocking further descent, in a triumph of insight or an accident of wisdom - words that will compel us to make this new world familiar, as if we have always been native to its time and place. Poets have long been schooled in such a unity of hope and necessity. A celebration of making sense of the unseen, making comfortable the unfathomable. Brilliantly conveyed, Daniel.
Thanks so much Seamus - I have always wanted to be part of a community of poets and I know I find myself in one right now. BTW How is Lisbon? I've always wanted to visit that city - the stamping grounds of Camoens and Pessoa (and heteronyms)
Keep the vision alive. Sensitivity and perceptions of poets is always outstanding. Here it is blended so uniquely with New Years wishes. Wish you a Merry Christmas and a very happy New year.
Thanks much Savita and Holiday greetings to you and yours. I've beern absent too long from your site.
Poets have long been schooled in such a unity of hope and necessity. What we dimly perceive in these early days will be illuminated soon enough and it will then be common place. - - - - - -Your vision for this New Year is wonderful.What is dimly perceived now will be illuminated soon..Yes, poets have long been schooled in such a unity of hope and necessity.You have faith and conviction in your voice.A bright future- -one of illuminated world- - Poets are playing essential and key role for such a NEW YEAR.
Will you be writing your New Year poem, Bhararti? If you do, I'll read i immediately! .
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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An insightful write. Though it's silly to believe that new year will change everything still we like to indulge in mindless celebrations. But if anything new year should be the time of some soul-searching n reflection. Apart from that a new year means nothing, just a continuation of time. A thought-provoking write. A10
Nosheen your comments here suggest another poem looking at the subject of time from a different perspective: NEW YEAR IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF TIME. And only SOME SOUL-SEARCHING N REFLECTION make it special. There's an original theme there to be developed. It's good you keep the topic OPEN for more INPUT.