Things were not so old, once.
'Ivy' meant the ivy
on my parents' front porch—
now it means
science and metaphysics,
all the ivy there's ever been,
and where it came from.
I guess it all has something
to do with Home,
having one and leaving it,
and then trying to find it
everywhere
This is a great poem Max. I love the way that ivy is connected to home. It is at once something binding and yet sinister as well.
the vines are her own. this is how i interpret 'ivy' at the present. i thought this was special, Max. Sus
I like the title. It's what drew me to the poem. I'm not sure about once (and how it is punctuated) as a pivot word in the first stanza. I would either punctuate it surrounded by commas or change to 'Once things were not so old./Then 'ivy' meant the ivy...' - I defintely wouldn't capitalize Home. - a good read though, thanks for sharing.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A complete poem in every sense-compression, reconnection & expansion, lyrically narrative & narratively lyrical, and best, it is new.