Synesthesia

Inspired by feeling feverish...

writing in dElIrIuM

inspires the create-I've mind,

as perceptions are semi-

distorted-obj-

ects don't look

appropriate and lines are

blendingintoone

another...

somehow, in this dreamlike state

I remember how to write

poetically, translating the subconscious

into stanzas on the page-

the senses blurrifically

merge, hearing colors

speaking textures

in a synesthetic

song, playing on re-

peat repeat repeat

eateateateateat

yet I am

returning

ever so

slowly

to consciousness...

here.

Author's Note

Image Copyright: Stefan Krause 2011 - Wikimedia Commons

Reviews

[Ghost of Jupiter]

This is magnificent, Eric! I love how you create a feeling of "delirium" right off the bat and then simmer it down into a calming sensation. Your words of choice paired with the fonts and line breaks really capture the concept of this piece. Brilliant work my friend, I loved it!

[Eric Pudalov]

Thank you very much, Kalypso!! Glad you enjoyed it. I really did write this while being sick - I guess it paid off.

[kublakhan27]

If your name were not attached to this my friend, I would have attributed it to E.E. Cummings with no hesitation whatsoever...I mean wow, this is Cummings all the way, from the wild font changes to the disproportionate line breaks to the repetitions of the central images, and so on. This is very much a throwback to the experimental years of the beatnik era, which I think of as the prog-rock of poetry haha ;) Very cool piece on many levels Eric :)

[Eric Pudalov]

Woo-hoo!! That's such a huge compliment, Steve - e.e. cummings is one of my poetic idols, and a major influence of mine. I am extremely flattered - I guess being sick paid off poetically!!

[kublakhan27]

Haha Some of my most prolific periods are during sickness my friend...writing almost becomes an antibiotic of sorts haha It's amazing how our idols have a way of seeping into our works without us even recognizing...the someone else points them out and I'm like 'oh yeah, it does kind sound like him/her' haha :)

[Eric Pudalov]

Yes, I know exactly what you mean. In fact, I have been e.e.'s work again recently, so perhaps that's how he "snuck in," so to speak. Glad to have met you on here, my friend.

[Anand Sehgal]

very interesting write with innovative structure as well as content. :)
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[Eric Pudalov]

Thank you Anand! I hope to read some of your writing soon too.

[s y e]

Eric, dudeeee,.you wrote this while you were ill? Wow, you are so very talented. If I were to write anything when I was ill it would probably come out like Baa Baa Black Sheep, ahaha. I always have loved how you change the font of certain words. Makes it much more powerful....

dude this is fantastic. I loved it.

[Eric Pudalov]

Awwww...thanks Noodle!! I may also be in an experimental phase, but I have done something like that before when I was sick. Because my mind was feeling all weird, it added to the creativity, I guess. Glad you loved it!!

[s y e]

Experimenting is good!!! ;-)

[Eric Pudalov]

Another way I experimented with this - in picking out the fonts, I did it with my eyes closed, so I didn't know which font was going to come up. That came out interesting, huh?

[s y e]

It did indeed. Ha you're so enthusiastic. I love it!