Do you read poetry because it is...pleasurable?

[Buk]

Now
I will write a poem
that makes no sense
and you can display
your superiority.
It will involve things that spin
and a man with his hands
covered in wet
red
clay.

The man is in the market square
cobbled stones and jewels
surround him.
He cannot reach out to the cacophony
of the bustling, pale faces.
He wants to paint them
red with awe.
He gulps the brittle air and breathes
myth into life
and they catch his words with
steel nets.

Spinning light spills into the square
aggressively removing the dark parts
But not too
aggressively
only enough
to send the message
the man
had intended.
Cilla, I promise to try and make you think next time!
I told you this one
mad no sense!

 

[Alex M]

I had to come back to this one. I may be thinking too deeply about this, but maybe i'm not...

I think this artist, or sculpter, is "painting", more sculpting, a "frenzy", if you will, of a market square? So to conclude, to the extreme, the message would be "this world is violent and distraught. Which makes it all the more interesting; all the more beautiful."

Of course, again, I may be thinking too deeply about this, and it could just be, as you say, a nonsensical poem.

Very good work nonetheless!

P.S. I'm using commas a lot today...

 

[hip lady]

i read for the fun of reading into what they mean. sometimes what is written is not what i see as the writer sees.

 

[jenny]

Thank you for the picture, I enjoyed the pleasure of the scene.

 

[Cilla Full Circle]

I read poetry because it makes me think ... well ... sometimes.

 

[SIN]

Ok hold up. He's spinning a potters wheel...step up too close and the onlooker becomes part of the art . (splattered) Same as poetry. . .one hopes that something of the art/craft.. . .will color us as well...at least our thoughts/words/feelings...

Makes perfect sense. . .