by Susan Budig - Mindful Poet
Member since:
February 16, 2006

Stranded

January 06, 2013 03:11 AM UTC
views: 0 | 20 people recommend this | comments: 29

 

Ink runs from the corners of my mouth
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.                  

The alphabet laces my thoughts, north and south
Aqueous, Luddite, mendacious, and chaff
Thrilled like a lunatic, a hyena, I laugh
Ink runs from the corners of my mouth

Each letter connects into words of my shrine
I paint the vestibule with liquid gold
Out leaps my heart, transfixed and bold
There is no happiness like mine.

Without meter, I fall as a sad amputee
Rhymes are my crutch!
Onomatopoeias and such!
I have been eating poetry.

I have been eating poetry.
There is no happiness like mine
Ink runs from the corners of my mouth

(texto from Mark Strand, "Eating Poetry," Reasons for Moving, 1968)

Comments: 29

Mike Ellwood Jan 6, 2013, 4:23am UTC
Excellent, Susan. Such command.
Benita K. Jan 6, 2013, 4:53am UTC
You make it connect; mind body soul of poetry. You centre on the happiness but in another version I guess you could focus on food. I prefer happiness :)
JOHN BECK Jan 6, 2013, 8:36am UTC
You found a use for the word "mendacious". :) You need this poem on a tee shirt, Susan! Well done.
JOHN BECK Jan 6, 2013, 10:28am UTC
It certainly works for me as an example of the form, Susan.
Bernard C. Jan 6, 2013, 8:43am UTC
Eating poetry is much better than eating your words even if they do seem force fed at times. Very nicely done!

Thank you for sharing and submitting to
The Surreal Circus.
Granny Janny Jan 6, 2013, 8:59am UTC
Now featured on Poet's Weekly Muse!
Masterful writing!
elizabeth evans Jan 6, 2013, 9:51am UTC
What a Feast to munch on this morn.



 Featured in Triple Name Club.
A. F. Stewart Jan 6, 2013, 10:02am UTC
A delightfully wonderful poem.
Brian Benson Jan 6, 2013, 10:22am UTC
Great poetic rhyme and reason. Well done Susan...B
Aman V. Jan 6, 2013, 11:41am UTC

Susannah!!! This is at once masterful and moving, such a terrific example of the form which stands confidently by itself, shorn of all rules of form and meter... I loved reading this, Suzie...thanks for once again uplifting my heart with some truly stirring verse!

Wish you a very Happy New Year, full of the same joy and peace your poetry brings to my heart, Susannah!

(((((((((((((SweetSonneteer Suzanne!))))))))))))))))))))
Ann Marcaida Jan 6, 2013, 1:11pm UTC
I've always thought that good poets have a touch of insanity. Tweeted!
Ann Marcaida Jan 7, 2013, 10:31am UTC
Featured today in the Twitter periodical Poems and Ponderings.
Len Maxwell Jan 6, 2013, 1:52pm UTC
Eating poetry, huh? I'll stick with my present diet, thank you.

Nicely done, though. Thanks for sharing with Gather’s Luminous Writers & Artists.
Chris Brockman Jan 6, 2013, 4:49pm UTC
Tasty!
Kevin E. Jan 6, 2013, 7:51pm UTC
This is a fun poem to read written by an incredibly talented poet! Eating poetry talk about getting in to your work!
Janet "Jax" B. Jan 6, 2013, 7:54pm UTC
It must just be me but I'm confused..........
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Jan 6, 2013, 10:26pm UTC
Jax, you and I tend to write in non-experiemental modes. By that I mean, we don't write a lot of stuff that is surreal or disjointed.

This particular poem is definitely not my usual voice. Also, did you see Mindful Poetry's form-of-the-month? Here's the column to explain it.
Janet "Jax" B. Jan 6, 2013, 10:34pm UTC
I saw this first...and oh boy, I still am not sure. I'll have to read other examples first.
Veronica Hosking Jan 6, 2013, 9:12pm UTC
Interesting example. Be careful not to eat too much poetry or you may be driven mad. So should the texto be a stanza or is one line sufficient?
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Jan 6, 2013, 10:23pm UTC
Veronica, Check out Mindful Poetry's column for January. I think you need at least two lines of text judging from other websites description and use of the glossa.
Irina Dimitric Jan 6, 2013, 9:57pm UTC
A brilliant piece of poetry. I just want to keep re-reading it. Thoroughly exhilarating!
Priya P. Jan 7, 2013, 1:08am UTC
I loved this!!


Featured with grace in the The Surreal Circus.
John-Arthur Ingram Jan 7, 2013, 9:53pm UTC
This should be every poet's mantra. Structurally masterful and symmetrical. Tonally comical, dark, and self aware.

Without meter, I fall as a sad amputee
Rhymes are my crutch!

Haha! Love it!
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Jan 7, 2013, 10:27pm UTC
A balm to my deflated ego...elsewhere I've been shown my comeuppance.

Thank-you, John-Arthur.
John-Arthur Ingram Jan 7, 2013, 11:15pm UTC
The pleasure is clearly ours...;)
william d. Jan 8, 2013, 11:53pm UTC
Certain poetry I get "high" on. Actually get a tingling "flush" in its presence.
Jennifer Lee Jan 19, 2013, 9:45pm UTC
Amazing, masterful, applause.
Barbary C. Jan 28, 2013, 8:57pm UTC
If I owned a restaurant your poem would be at the top of the menu!

Stunning and many fun surprises here, Susan.
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Jan 29, 2013, 12:00am UTC
What an interesting comment, Barbary!

Thank you, I love your remark!

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