The Mother Of All Tides Poem by Herbert Nehrlich
The Mother Of All Tides
And as the sounds
of liquids gushing
subsided, a hum
was clearly heard.
So like the foreign chant
of devils' disciples,
all hoarse in voice
made of persuasiveness,
bold continuity,
like beating one's own fingers
of shrill dissonance
against the cave's own pane,
demanding passage
into the benevolence
of darkness with its drops
of syrup, borne by shooting stars:
Do come inside!
The sounds rose high,
moist air convulsing now
fresh waves, oscilloscopes,
on which soft velvet rode astride,
and with a whimper it gave way,
the portal fell, admitting troops
of agile fishes to the sea,
where all was soon consumed
by spikes of lightning speed
and by the weeping mother of all tides.
I have to agree with Larry (on the Forum) about this Herbert. There is some beautiful imagery in this (‘like beating one's own fingers/of shrill dissonance’; ‘...oscilloscopes, /on which soft velvet rode astride, /and with a whimper it gave way, /the portal fell, admitting troops/of agile fishes to the sea, ‘) that fits in so well with the flow of the poem. The narrative shakes with passive/aggressive feeling throughout that lacks both simperingness and over-the-top indignation. It drags the reader in and allows for them to react as they wish. For me that is all that one can except from a poem or any work. For me it has a tempo and sound that I admire very much that drew me from the first to last line. Excellent post Herbert one worth coming back to.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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