Inspired by Nan�s �Yen� by Gina Boyce

 

A focal point makes for seeing

The weave of a chain,

Meditation on a smallness framed,

A sign punched in like a clock card

Structuring vast long moments,

There, see, pulling up a corner of...

Wall street and Broadway boulevard

Giggling to myself amid hustle and rush like a loon...

Oh how they both need a great show to go on.

And the show goes on, swinging to and fro, fro and to,

I would rather thread flax transform it to an amulet

Declare I am my worth, what I give for free.

4.... 3.... 2.... 1.... and the voice says...

slowly become aware of your body and your surrounds.

Dreams, their older than time.

Reviews

[zig]

this is interesting. i have no idea what it means, feels chaotic, makes me feel foolish and godless. i liked the countdown, the words spoken at the end. the joke is on me, on all of us, the punchlines waiting at the corner of wallstreet and broadway for me to walk tight into it. very well done, thought provoking and mysterious. enjoyed very much. zig

[Emily B]

hey! where the heck have I been? I thought I read everything you ever posted . . . missed you :)

[Last Lying Look]

This was excellent.
It was neat. Great work!

-Elissa :)

[Mark D. Chevalier]

To me this spoke of chaos. The need to attach significance to life and its events when there is no rhyme or reason. I was just in NYC and I could visualize myself standing amid the bustle, and really not comprehending why, or what it might mean in the grand scheme of things.

Nicely done, and thought-provoking.

Mark

[poddar kushal]

A poetry with considerable thoughts and power over words.

[Una Xoto]

A very nice piece. Fine wordtuning & flow.

[Nan]

this is a cool surprise and so very needed in a time when everyone is coming unglued
over money...I get a really clear picture on this one, a necklace and the vision of
how we are chained to "how much and more is better" as anthems to the capitalist
world. I'm here to tell you that art is free and maybe, just maybe the globe is
making art and dreams the focal point of our lives

without the messy notion of greed, you know I love this! And more importantly, the events
of the past weeks, years? have made art more valuable. why? my next piece will tell us
and frankly it's already written... I just need to coin the phrase, polish up the penny
and leave some love

Nan

[Sam Freeland]

your words help us see what we have been seeking for years.
Lucky are those who will read you and learn to write.
when i watched two loons mating just off the shore
of Chocorua Lake in Tamworth, NH, i did not know
about the beauty that you and others create here,
but with my clear memory and what I get to read,
i know i am home