Barry Goodmann (bgoodmann at aol.com) is a poet, writer and editor who lives in the New York metropolitan area. He has published poetry on several websites and in various literary magazines.
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Thank you, Barry. It’s so true that events take awhile to settle down. I don’t move forward as fast as other people do. My mind keeps spinning after the crash. This is just off the top of my head: haiku helps with present-tense focus, but also with the multiple layers of meaning, that bring back the past and hopefully point to a better future. Perhaps not an easier future, but a deeper life. Poetry settles the mind and heart, even as it expands everything. Brings peace…however gradually.
“haiku helps with present-tense focus, but also with the multiple layers of meaning, that bring back the past and hopefully point to a better future. Perhaps not an easier future, but a deeper life. Poetry settles the mind and heart, even as it expands everything. Brings peace…however gradually.”
Thank you, Barry. It’s so true that events take awhile to settle down. I don’t move forward as fast as other people do. My mind keeps spinning after the crash. This is just off the top of my head: haiku helps with present-tense focus, but also with the multiple layers of meaning, that bring back the past and hopefully point to a better future. Perhaps not an easier future, but a deeper life. Poetry settles the mind and heart, even as it expands everything. Brings peace…however gradually.
Blessings, Ellen
“haiku helps with present-tense focus, but also with the multiple layers of meaning, that bring back the past and hopefully point to a better future. Perhaps not an easier future, but a deeper life. Poetry settles the mind and heart, even as it expands everything. Brings peace…however gradually.”
This is good, Ellen. Thanks.
Ouch! I can feel this one. Which was the point, I think….
at first, i was not going to comment; then i read the piece again, and even for a fourth time, and i was somewhat troubled.
“crash
the bicycle wheel
still spinning”
i could not see a turning point but a continuation, as pointed out indirectly by ellen.
leaving the piece intact, word wise, perhaps arranged slightly different:
crash…
still spinning
the bicycle’s wheel
oh well, the things i see slightly different.
it is still a nice piece, barry…
Thank you, todd.
deformed limb –
the blue jay
still flying
–
contentment
settling on what you have —
room for improvement