Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted March 31, 2017 | Chapters: | -1- 2... |
prose poetry
A chapter in the book Patterns
Forgotten Poems
by estory
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This is a poem about the distance between writer and subject, between writer and reader, between imagination and reality. Writers are observers of life; instead of holding a conversation, they listen to the conversation at the next table, sizing up the characters, imagining the plots, the theme, the climax of the story. But somehow, they often seem to miss being in the story themselves. I have to think of the ultimate romantics, John Keats and Fanny Braun, who loved each other in their poetry, but never consummated their relationship. And yet, the beautiful sonnet he wrote for her, Bright Star, would live on for eternity as one of the greatest romantic sonnets ever written, capturing for all time, the essence of romantic love. estory
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