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Frederic asked in Arts & HumanitiesPoetry · 7 years ago

Is this poem to abstract?

As white smoke rises on black water glass

And skies lay still on horizon's line

I'll sit here in peace, watch the morning pass

And seek reasoned questions for man's design

This scene doesn't care for a tomorrow

Nor find conflict if a storm leaves a reply

Tranquility brings death without sorrow

Only man has the potential to cry

Does nature understand its own beauty?

Is man nothing more than natures own eyes?

Born to fulfill this singular duty

Until the last moment of our demise

The skies have changed on horizon's line

Seeking reasoned questions for man's design

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  • 7 years ago
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    This has the distinguished air of a soliloquy

    and the joy of offering your readers

    a visual and emotional sense of repose.

    It is more psychological/spirit - ed than abstract.

    Noticeably pleasing, it has a reconciling, upbeat tone

    throughout its` panoramas both tranquil

    attractively intriguing lovely opening line), and turbulent.

    Your repetition of exactly the most inward two lines

    has this a really enjoyable glimpse of nature and mankind`s

    healing and the narrator`s contemplative relishing of the question

    is shared most generously.

    Thanks, I enjoyed

    every line and image of this journey./ gazing, with you Fredric.

  • Nat
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    A well structured poem questioning

    the "why and how our senses formulate

    our perceptions, depending on emotion

    and preconceived theories.

    There will always be vairables, never absolutes,

    for alternatives can interupt the outcome, without warning.

    .It's an observational and very interesting

    "thinking out loud" piece of prose I found enjoyable.

    From all forms of "The Arts", I forward the theory:

    "Abstracts can never be,

    by their nature, be limited to pre-set rules

    or guidlines for acceptance"

    Not enough, too much or the word "no"

    can't be relegated to the term, "Abstract".

    Contemplative and well written, Fred.

  • 7 years ago

    Too abstract, Frederic. But interesting.

  • 7 years ago

    Your poem implies that only humans can appreciate nature's beauty, and this is a very interesting idea. Great poem, Fred.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Skies don't "lay still." They "LIE still."

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