Today’s challenge is to write about where we are from in emotional, physical and spiritual terms. This was a really interesting write and I enjoyed the complete green card to explore! I also wanted to share that I was recently interviewed by Johnny Anomaly of the Creative Coping podcast and have included the link to my interview below my poem should you have the time or the inclination to listen. Towards the end of the recording I spontaneously share a poem about my Dad.
Chamelea
I am from the scattered strands of daisy chains and summer love
From the hungry howls of the wild werewolf
where the frigidity of fact freezes at the edge of The Forest of Faith
My roots digging deep into the sanguine soil and
the soles of my feet soaked in The Sixth Sense.
There is gnarled knowingness and childlike somersault
A mega-mix of melodies sing through muddled meadow
and we all exist on love and air alone
My origins are windswept and barnacled
I am of the solitude and of the sea
Flamed by the compulsion to create
and the conviction that This-is-all-we-have
I am of the constantly evolving shades
You pulse through my eclectic entity
Pulling me towards The Evolution of The Heart
Hail thee, Chamelea
Creative Coping Podcast Interview
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Reblogged this on John Cowgill's Literature Site.
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Thank you!
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You are welcome.
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Wonderful poem – resonates! I have called myself “Chameleon” over the years, adapting to whatever’s current, changing my “colors”.
And I very much enjoyed the podcast – thanks for sharing the link. Your voice while reading the poem gave me goosebumps – so strong, vibrating.
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Jazz thank you so much for reading and commenting on my poems am so glad you can relate. Makes me happy. The feedback on my podcast is such a boost – one that is much needed at the moment I can tell you. Thank you! 🙂
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Wonderful!
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Thank you!
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I so enjoyed the podcast, and you seemed to too.
I loved the heartfelt poem about your Dad and his guitar playing. The mention of The Shadows took me back to my first guitar efforts. I really HANKered after being Hank Marvin!
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Thanks so much for this positive reinforcement Peter. I really did enjoy doing the podcast interview and it means a lot that you appreciated my poem about my Dad. The Shadows are timeless in my book!
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Beautiful poem, so many great allusions to your background, such a combination of contrary images and ideas. We are all this way, not just one thing, but many things. Well done, Sam. 🙂
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Ah thank you Joan. We really are a whole mixture of components I think!
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