{"id":2224,"date":"2016-04-21T12:02:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T17:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2016-04-21T12:02:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T17:02:19","slug":"poem-howie-tried-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/21\/poem-howie-tried-true\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Howie Tried And True"},"content":{"rendered":"

Too fine<\/strong>
\nThe word<\/strong>
\nThat was lust to him<\/strong>
\nAs a gossamer knight he<\/strong>
\nOh Howie tried<\/strong>
\nAnd true<\/strong>
\nEnough<\/strong>
\nWading in silence<\/strong>
\nOnly to peer<\/strong>
\nParently from know wear<\/strong>
\nTo meat<\/strong>
\nHis every knead<\/strong>
\nToo fine<\/strong>
\nWord<\/strong>
\nMaid flesh<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a poem about the role of the muse in writing poetry.\u00a0 On occasion, I exclaim, “Where does it come from?!”\u00a0 This is an indirect compliment to awe that the muse does, plus a certain humility on my part for feeling unable to take credit for awe of my work. For me, the creative process often includes the experience of both peak concentration and seeing something come from seemingly out of nowhere, no place for which I can give adequate account or testimony, except perhaps<\/em> in a completed work.\u00a0 The creative process often entails both intense flow and an irresistible beguiling that on occasion may be mistaken for work.\u00a0 There have been more than a few times that I have been gloriously exasperated by the joyful wear\u00a0of a relentless muse, for which I can only gleefully apologize.\u00a0 This poem employs a sexual metaphor to better reveal the palpability of the artist-muse relationship.\u00a0 Also, this poem climaxes with perhaps the most profound aspect of religious theology: incarnation, spirit imbuing flesh.\u00a0 In Christian sacred text, this is referred to as “The Word became flesh,” from John 1:14.\u00a0 That which is most ethereal — God, life, light — becomes that which is most palpable to humans on earth.\u00a0 These juxtaposed metaphors are similar to my description of writing poetry as the head and heart making love — which makes me simile.\u00a0 May your life be overflowing as your ineffable spirit is enfleshed in this world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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