The bridge view

hiis constant bridge crossing give me so many ideas as I briefly stop and look into the water flowing by. This one was written in the spring

From this bridge of times shadow

The white blossom suspends the machinery

It's impermanence withheld - spring - bright - sharp

The stream flows an uneven script

A revel of light rolling soliloquy

As after the wilting and dropping

Petal white absolves with ruthless narrative

Upon reflection what is the change?

The ever quality the water word

But a permanence ? -bright - spring - clear

Reviews

[Cryingkate]

I very much enjoyed the melody of this write. I drifted away with it as though I could feel the calmness of the water and yet a hindsight view from above all and the knowing from the bridges view I was just an observer standing back. I felt this poem thru your view more then I heard your words..
Beautiful.

[Michael Oliver]

took ages to get to the core of this moment of walking over a bridge to work one spring lunchtime and seeing the blossom carried on the flow.

[Cryingkate]

May I ask why it took so long?

[Michael Oliver]

Partly the paring down - I like eastern poems which are quite terse , almost telegraphic - the have spaces for you to develop meaning within - structure is all to me - I wrote the other day that the - narrative is in structure - also it was around this time that it became obvious we are writing about the silence of confrontation which is beyond any mimetic conveyance.

[Cryingkate]

Sounds like work :-) When I am seriously writing I only record what I hear. All other writes are just for fun and keep my vision open. I don't really think about them.It is fun to find the layers in them when I'm done and know that they could not of been written from my mind alone.
Esp. when I end up with the opposite view I thought I was writing about.
I think it comes from the higher self or Harmonic Spheres.
Well anyway I'm having fun in your site and am looking forward to reading more.
Thank You again for the extra info and nice company :-)

[Stephen]

That's raw to read with some interest!
Great one!

[writing mojo]

clearly stated within these reflections of life..as spring..excellent piece

[Relic]

The image you suggest can often take our breath away. Time disappears with such views as nature takes over and I do think we can always go back in our minds to places that affect us in such a way. Good poem Michael.