tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post8703068089984488978..comments2024-03-28T17:13:53.779-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: Sunday Night PoetryShaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-10545167132557028852013-08-12T19:30:30.113-04:002013-08-12T19:30:30.113-04:00You might have called your poem Reaching for the S...You might have called your poem Reaching for the Stars. ;-) FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-51618993861079062222013-08-11T22:55:13.979-04:002013-08-11T22:55:13.979-04:00Oh, I forgot, the Cygnus constellation in which De...<i>Oh, I forgot, the Cygnus constellation in which Deneb is found, is in the Northern Cross</i><br /><br />Right next to Lyra and <a href="http://infidel753.blogspot.com/2010/08/meditation-bond-of-fire.html" rel="nofollow">my star</a>. Thanks for the hints -- I think I get it now.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-86633517614467592262013-08-11T21:21:56.127-04:002013-08-11T21:21:56.127-04:00____________ Nameless ____________
I waited and k...<b>____________ Nameless ____________<br /><br /><i>I waited and kept trying, but I never<br />Achieved the thing I’d hoped I might achieve.<br />My standards kept me frustrated –– forever<br />Stymied –– so I can’t myself deceive ––<br /><br />Or foolishly encourage vain ambition ––<br />Deny innate inferiority ––<br />Elude the ghastly clutches of Perdition ––<br />Professing Greatness is in store for me.<br /><br />Realizing one has limitations<br />Exfoliates, denudes, and bares the soul.<br />Stopping all pretentious imitations<br />Strips us of the hope our life’s been whole.<br /><br />Elation, when derived from mere illusion,<br />Denies fulfillment –– amplifies contusion.</i></b><br /><br />~ FreeThinke<br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-14744448621779780742013-08-11T19:17:19.420-04:002013-08-11T19:17:19.420-04:00Oh, I forgot, the Cygnus constellation in which De...Oh, I forgot, the Cygnus constellation in which Deneb is found, is in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_(constellation" rel="nofollow">Northern Cross</a>Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-61521960298929967972013-08-11T19:13:43.860-04:002013-08-11T19:13:43.860-04:00Hint: Leda and the swan.
I was reading a lot of ...Hint: Leda and the swan.<br /><br />I was reading a lot of W.B. Yeats when I wrote this one.<br /><br />Apologies to him.<br /><br />Deneb is a star in constellation Cygnus.<br /><br />Cygnus = swan<br /><br />But it can mean whatever you want it to mean.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-61363742914930755952013-08-11T19:01:23.319-04:002013-08-11T19:01:23.319-04:00Hmm, I'll have to think about this one. It...Hmm, I'll have to think about this one. It's intriguingly open to interpretation.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com