A Staged Event

A Staged Event

A Poem by dan
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when private is exposed to public...is this a bad thing??

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When the wild and the spotless

Converge on life’s bright stage,

The performance is the sacrifice,

The illumination and the footlights.

 

Any juxtaposition of love and hate

Turns klieg lights on the suffering,

Regales the one who undermines

The anticipation of the ones above.

 

As one looks askance at the metaphor

Detailing bewilderment vs. light,

One would ask for it to clarify

The purpose of this fight.

 

And when it comes to pass that

One is loath to even bother with it;

Participation in this staged event is

Designed to help repair the split.

 

Then, gathering all the players

In the footlights of the stage

Helps to recompense so totally

The source of one’s blind rage.

 

dan © 2014

 

Music: "One Stage Before," by Al Stewart

© 2016 dan


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Wonderful structure & flow here with you reflection on the scenes you have envisioned and formed through your words.
The end ties back to what is before mentioned.
Nice work!

Posted 7 Years Ago


dan

7 Years Ago

Josie, I certainly appreciate your taking the time to review my write. I am glad you saw my intent w.. read more
Josie E. Cook M. A.

7 Years Ago

You are welcome! :)
This immediately brought to mind Hamlet! Not in a plagiarising way or anything, just how most of life seems so staged; most conversations and interactions. It makes me think of God when you talk about light vs. detailed bewilderment. And then the next stanza seems to be about death and when we finally get there many elderly people no longer care. Their lives are just over. It's a very interesting read and I really enjoyed it. I could probably read it over and over again and continue to find deeper meaning (with respect to my own interpretation and not, potentially, your initial meaning. Thanks for sharing.

Posted 7 Years Ago


dan

7 Years Ago

Siobahn, Never been compared to Shakespeare before! Life can be seemingly be played out dramatically.. read more
Hey dan, This poem took me pretty far back I was actually thinking of a concept rather similar to this earlier today.
I did alot of acting on stage during high school, I Really enjoy the line "The performance is the sacrifice"
Very fine, sir ^-^

Posted 7 Years Ago


dan

7 Years Ago

Adam, This was actually told abstractly of incidents in which a public figure with a clean-cut image.. read more
Adam W Redmon

7 Years Ago

I believe that's the thing I enjoy (And sometimes hate) The most about poetry is I don't think anyon.. read more
dan

7 Years Ago

Adam, Actually the thing I like MOST about sharing my writing is how many different interpretations .. read more
I believe every writers shared thought is of a public affairs, unless of course it is done privately.
Metaphorically speaking just delays or concealed the facts and the truth to the public eyes.
You've written quite a stage here Dan very cool. Thanks EG



Posted 8 Years Ago


dan

8 Years Ago

EG, I wrote abstractly of how celebs with clean cut images have scandalous revelations in their live.. read more
You've provided quite a discourse on "life is a stage." The various images -- manipulation of two parties to bring them together for the purpose of reconciliation, only to widen the split, for example--sent my mind spinning to scenes from my own life. Methinks that is a noble achievement.

Posted 8 Years Ago


dan

8 Years Ago

Taylor, Thank you so much for your review and interpretation of my write. I meant it to read like a .. read more
Sometimes some events that are meant to bring people together only tear them apart. .... maybe the idea is if something is done for audience it seldom holds meaning anymore or loses intent somewhere in between
So are we gathered left to be divided
Or divided in our own gatherings

Thought provoking piece

Posted 8 Years Ago


dan

8 Years Ago

Nisreen, That's a very interesting interpretation...the main thing I like about writing is that it l.. read more
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I would never want the spotlight on me. A life without privacy would make me an evil person, I'm afraid. The price of fame is having no life at all and having every fart, every bad hair day, every break-up r break-out judged. Not sure if this is what you were saying in this piece, Dan, but it's where my mind went with it. You always write with such skill and depth, my friend. Great read :)

Posted 8 Years Ago


dan

8 Years Ago

lynn, You really made some great observations on this piece. I actually got the idea of celebrities .. read more
In my humble opinion, a poet needs to write bits of his personal feelings and opinions in the poem, cause a poem without that being done, will not have a soul.

Posted 8 Years Ago


Insight "MH"

8 Years Ago

You are welcome.
dan

8 Years Ago

I'm sorry my write did not have a soul...dan
Insight "MH"

8 Years Ago

Not at all, it does have a soul, I only read the poem in my own way, interpreting the meaning from a.. read more
"The performance is the sacrifice"...a most compelling line to me throughout this...be it whatever performance, something is always sacrificed in such...be it a poem...music...a thought or being open...being open/public isn't always a bad thing I would say...sometimes ghosts need a dash of light to shrink and become mute :) Blessings Dan...

Posted 8 Years Ago


dan

8 Years Ago

Poppy, thank you once again for your intuitive review. I had in mind a celebrity revealed in a scand.. read more
I enjoyed the poem. I tell people. Leave the bad days bury and forgotten.
"And when it comes to pass that
One is loath to even bother with it;
Participation in this staged event is
Designed to help repair the split."
Old places and faces don't make us feel better. Reunion of old faces and memories. Staged events and finding out. Can't repair the past. Just leave them far behind. I liked this poem my friend. Made me think this early morning. Thank you Dan for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

Posted 8 Years Ago


dan

8 Years Ago

Thanks John for your thoughtful review. Now I'm heading to your page to return the favor. I always a.. read more
Coyote Poetry

8 Years Ago

I'm just finishing my stories. I have three stories to finish this week. I'm on vacation. If I find.. read more
dan

8 Years Ago

Want to hear something funny? I just checked out your pictures, and you look a lot like my brother. .. read more

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