June 5, 2006
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"The Positive Future of Poetical Thought"
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
© February 18, 1975
While pondering books which emulate
the essences of modern criticism
I think back to Shelley
And the basic denial of Godlike
Persuasion.
Then aided by unfailing vision, I
can retrace the steps of my
own inabilities,
And I find that answers
which seem easy now
Did not seem so easy once.
How is it that my
essence of poetical thought
Had lain so much in searches
And the searches have
Been terminated,
Pending greater experience?
How can I keep on writing
If My Jesus can give
Me the answers
To the questions
I had asked?
How can I exist in poetry
When style is judged by
Experience
And I have none
Anymore.
The answer rides quickly
Like an unbridled horse
Into my ramblings
And I see
Clearly
That Poetical Thought
Is a universal
which uses me,
In many ways--
And asks questions
Which may or may not be answered
And it is only through
Intense insight
That they may be answered
At all...
"Prayer for Rain"
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
© December 12, 1977
Lifting lips to the scorching sunlight.
Thirsting silently for pleasure.
The clouds part wistfully
They leave no room for water.
Invisible tears fall from my face.
There is no water here, you see.
The grasses moan
While nowhere man is free.
Aggression mounts unavoidably
Today,
as in all days.
And we only take it out on others.
For the tears cease to come
And the water fails to fall from the sky.
Where is the pleasure of love?
What happened?
Will time answer both questions.
Will he soothe us with
the waters of life
and the waters of love
Or will he perish softly
As he slowly dies of thirst.
"A Sad Song" Cathy poem
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
© October 23, 1978 4:30 p.m .
Like a puppy patiently waiting for it's master
yet anything but patient
Heart beating faster...
Once you could slow it until I felt ecstasy.
Like a flower waiting for the bee to come.
but closing at nightfall alone...
Once you caused my mind to buzz in rapture.
Like a thirsty vegetable anticipating the waters of purity
The waters flow
But they hardly sink into the pores
Once you could make me flow just by looking at me
The story goes that the puppy waited
for his master on the same streetcorner
Every evening -
And one day the man went away
never to return
The puppy stayed at the corner
Till the elements killed him.
A sad story.
I will be your puppy
And you will always appear
Then say you have to leave
And be a puppy for some other master
I'll keep waiting on the corner
for a miracle
"Kismet's Holiday"
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
© September 3, 1990 1:15 a.m.
If words could tell you all you need to know right now
I wish the fates would grant me words to say.
A lasting friendship needs a bond. Please see how
A knowing glance or smile comes into play.
Thank you for a moment's dreams to heal,
Thank you so sincerely for what bonds
We might now feel.
A few hundred miles or a talk on the phone
I have looked to your eyes for the
Power they own.
If love were just a word and not a feeling
I'd say I love you now before the day fades by
It would be impossible for me to say I do not
Care for you
Because I see in you a purpose, and
Hear heartquestions breathe a sigh.
Hear me, gentle spirit, I have not the words
You see.
Hear me, dear Alyssa, with all due sincerity
If two souls can touch in heaven, all
attendant emotion breeds elation and mirth
I reach out for a moment and wonder
Could I ever touch your soul on Earth?
I see your pout, I feel your pain,
Your life's frustration
I'm an old brick wall but I want to learn
imagination
I hope to help you see I'm not too
rigid in my ways
Thank you for your stories and your smile
Thank you so sincerely for memories
to last me for a while
I did not know what to expect
of you dear
But my feeling confirms you have
nothing to fear.
Comments (36)
Forlorn, questioning, nostalgic musings here. My favorite kind of poetry, if it's good and reminds me of my own thoughts, mirrors me, not mimics because I am not yet so wise. Sublime is the word that comes to mind, and sea - vexations, provocations, hush. I stopped at this verse of yours - How can I keep on writing
Beautiful beautiful post today, Mike. Thanks!
If My Jesus can give
Me the answers
To the questions
I had asked? " and think on things similar. I think of the multiple levels of Torah, and Paul, and Gospel, and interpretation of all sacred texts. I think on man's experience through time, our learning journey, our wonder. God, the Universe, is bigger than all of us. Jesus can give you your answers, continually, flowing all the time, and still you would not be full until the end and all was one (and one is all to be a rock and not to roll)... but the questions are as beautiful, as growing, fractal upon fractal neverending (world without end amen?).
:sunny:Michael these really speak to me today -- feeling sensative for some reason
So sad do you really feel that sad mike, Judi
Hey Michael, not a lot of time this morning, but I did enjoy your poetry. I really enjoyed "Prayer For Rain." It really coincides with a lot of what I'm working on currently.
BE blessed!
Steve
Hi Mike,
Don't worry about messages asking you to participate in Socrates Cafe. We have no intention of deleting you. We are trying to identify our membership. We have a large number of people who never participate and have never participated. We also have members who have apparently abandoned their own sites. Board members are visiting everyone's sites, mine included, to ask them to participate. We are doing this periodically. We will eventually delete those members who do not respond in any way. We will not be deleting anyone who is active or expresses an interest in being active. We have had some people resume participation because of the visits.
Nancy
All of that sounds real pretty Mike. I just wish I appreciated poetry more than I do. I'm sure I would your stuff facinating.
Sad maybe but the feelings expressed give lessons on how to use words to make these feelings almost visible.
It's wonderful when responses are posted in one's blog but some days when overseas or even local blog friends are busy with something else more urgent, there could be less or none. I get very few eprops/comments but I am not shattered because these few comments are all so sincere and full of sense. Just try reading some of the other responses in other blogs, many of them don't even make sense? It's the quality of responses that is far more important and I try to practice this myself whenever I'm responding to blogs. Also, I go by the honorable words, "It's more blessed to give than to receive." Overall, the numbers are far less important than the essense.
Having said the last line, it is even more important to post quality blogs like what you've got here. There'd be no need of a huge following. There is no need of having any following but rather having a good blog ring of choice friends. Anyone who has a whole campus of students can get loads of responses just by requiring the chore but even then, not all teachers would do this. And so it is more of a personal thing really, to blog, I mean. To gather a few but sincere and quality responses like what you've got above is excellent.
If you did establish an eclectic ring of blog pals, that would be wonderful. I won't mind participating. A ring with a few members is better than a ring with just nonsense to get by. Keep blogging Mike. You've got a wonderful thing in here.
ppl come and ppl go and i never get used to them being gone- mostly bc it takes forever for me to acknowledge them... but the whole clown thing? those i don't understand. i like the really good ones, but most of the clowns i see are plain scary. they don't make me laugh. usually they have the opposite effect on me. like a nightmare i can't wake up from!
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