{"id":3188,"date":"2015-07-23T22:52:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T05:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2015-08-09T22:11:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T05:11:41","slug":"iris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=3188","title":{"rendered":"Iris"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of every storm we\u2019ve grown used<\/span>
\n to we feel exposed. There is too much light.<\/span>
\n Gone the swaths of cloud wind tore like<\/span>
\n clotted bandages from the curds in the sky.
\n<\/span>We hear blood reverberating in our ears,<\/span>
\n wonder whether others divine our thought\u2019s<\/span>
\n tempest. Aren\u2019t our minds crossed with roiling squall<\/span>
\n better to conceal the tack of our bark?
\n<\/span>Something is over, that is enough.<\/span>
\n Yet wouldn\u2019t we rather it not? We\u2019re so<\/span>
\n naked when calm. When spasms abate,
\n<\/span>we\u2019re alone, seeking out pangs like old friends<\/span>
\n who suddenly are gone. Through a bright cleft<\/span>
\n in the clouds sunbeams rain down upon us<\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/span>
\n I’ve tagged this “noumenal” poem and formally similar other ones “muted sonnets”, meaning they do not sound or ring, which is what “sonnet” meant originally. They do conform to the same underlying pattern based on the ratio 4\/3, belonging to an elegant set of seductive beauty. Mathematics and poetry spring from the same roots.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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At the end of every storm we\u2019ve grown used to we feel exposed. There is too much light. Gone the swaths of cloud wind tore like clotted bandages from the curds in the sky. We hear blood reverberating in our ears, wonder whether others divine our thought\u2019s tempest. Aren\u2019t our minds crossed with roiling squall … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Iris”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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