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David Floren Poems
[N.B. This poem is a reaction to Mark Twain's notion that '[w]ar talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be ...... more »
A crutch wedged in a thankful pit,
Close-gripped with a knurled fist
- Suspension bridge of pure grit -
Each reached plank, a pearled day.... more »
Squirm in your seat and grind your teeth,
Rub your hands and set your jaw
Right when it takes you.... more »
Our lives, our souls – they're
Actually down here,
hard-returned.... more »
Life is rich with such variety.
Makes me itch with much anxiety
For liberal action.... more »
Language is water
To be poured
From any vessel,... more »
It starts with heart and vision,
Crisp voice of concision.
Such plain and precise demands:... more »
Comments about David Floren
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Our lives, our souls – they're
Actually down here,
hard-returned.
Renown: in stasis, until
Hard line breaks
Birth it.
It's hearth, it's basis:
Down here birthed.
From stasis.
You’ll never know until you
(Enter verb here) . Always,
Your soul
Sports gossamer wings. Actually
They aren't. Here they're
goose down-
Wrapped peak-baggers
Debating the true worth
of height.
Here births there. Enter.
We’re down
There.
(Enter noun here) . Then posit
Something Dynamic.
Dithyrambic.
You’re ...
I've read most of your poems, and I think they're pretty damn clever. Keep writing them.