The Few, the LOUD

Posted on August 1, 2024 by JMN
“Forms Arranged Against a Wall,” oil on watercolor paper, 21 x 27 in. (JMN 2024).

The elbow room in ivied halls of bard rapture
Has the vastness of atomic space.
Let ring lute! — Recorder, mandolin and dulcimer.
Let move your lips with mine while reading silently.
Let BE our noise! Be louder than it sounds!

A sub-segment of an elite reads literature; a subset of the sub-segment reads poetry. It’s a fit state of affairs for proud stragglers, fringe element, crowd-shy obsessives — the ones who weather linear monsoons, whom verse can bother.

(c) 2024 JMN — EthicalDative. All rights reserved

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About JMN

I live in Texas and devote much of my time to easel painting on an amateur basis. I stream a lot of music, mostly jazz, throughout the day. I like to read and memorize poetry.
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