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Question: Is what we see poetic, no matter the image!?
Walking on obscure ground
now
wow, weird,
deep, obscurity!.
Specifics, now!. Pictures
of where I am!. An arc
of light hitting the front
windshield of a rusted white van!.
An insignificant man, leaning
into a shovel!. He is obscure
on his feet!. He sees me
and he is a picture now
wow, deep,
deep picture of a man
and his shovel and
his van!.
The mailman honks!. He delivers!.
I freeze him, too,
the least obscure of the three!.
I include myself now
and suddenly,
and feel heavy on the steps!.
Pictures, all!.
Deep and wow!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
and pictures lead to poetryWww@QuestionHome@Com

I love it!.!.!.Who was the man with the shovel trying to bury!.!.!?
were you heavy on the steps because you ate too many sausages!?
I used to have a rusted old van!.!.was it me!.!.you saw!.!.did it have feathers and stuff hanging from the mirror!.!?
I see !.!.it couldn't have been me!.!.because the man with the shovel is the man with the van!.!.I understand!.!.

late edit !.!.was the wow bit!.!.just for me!.!.I think it is a nice touch!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

"and suddenly, 'I' (!?) feel heavy on the steps!." Or did you mean "and"!?
Obscurity can either mean the unknown (hard to understand) or the lack of light (darkness)!. Until the image is freeze framed in the mind's eye!.!.!.one cannot bring understanding nor light to it!. And with both, comes weight (heaviness)!. Then we write, to lighten the burden of the image!.

Well!.!.!.!.so that's how this work hit me and I absolutely loved where you took my mind as I tried to grasp it!.

maWww@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, of course!.
Like the painter or the photographer, the writer 'sees' in images, thinks in images, comparing words, rejecting, substituting 'wrong' ones for better ones!.
That is a gift, to be able to speak in imagery!.
You have such a gift!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Now picture me
I sit at my computer
hands poised fingers
dancing on keyboard
half dressed
REALLY messy hair
and gazing
at the screen
reading your words
Eyes get to last line
mouth drops open
and my stare
is frozen
in space!.

!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

a reader
before the pixel throne
glances lines
of Muck
draw in deep
suddenly heavy
a moment he is trapped
like a picture frame
and ponders to himself
deep and wow!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Snapshots of life in your poem!. Why do you spoil it by saying 'wow' so many times!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

What we see is not, in and of itself, poetic!.
However, our minds can take anything we see and turn it into something poetic!.!.!.deep (and wow)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Very deep!. I am still chewing on this one!. Reading over and over!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

An image poetic!? Only to a poet, gifted with words to describe!. You painted well here!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The observer always has his/her eyes open!.
all is a Norman Rockwell view,


Neat poem, TYWww@QuestionHome@Com

I see everything you
write !.!.!.!. I'm like
too weird!.

I need to blink!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Some great images there Sir!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Whatever we see is translated from an image into an impression, a thought, an emotion !.!.!.!.!. and these are what give rise to poetry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If we look below the surface!. Wow!. Awesome write!Www@QuestionHome@Com

nice poem!. very 1960s whitman!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I still can't do poetry at the moment but I'm sure it's great!. I am sorry Buk!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

pictures are words written in the headWww@QuestionHome@Com

Very good!. I can relate to this!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Poetry is everywhere!. Even on a heap of garbage!. Or!.!.!. Maybe not!.!.!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's what we imagine that matters the poet!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes!.!.!. i believe this with all my heart!.Www@QuestionHome@Com