avatarMichael Hall

Summary

The web content is a poetic reflection on the enduring and transformative nature of love, inspired by a prompt from J.D. Harms, and penned by MDSHall, a poet and creative who curates "The Bazaar of the Bizarre" and contributes to various literary platforms.

Abstract

The article titled "Love: To Be Continued" is a poignant exploration of love's resilience and its ability to transcend the ordinary. It portrays love as a journey that goes beyond physical confines, suggesting that it is a harmonious blend of body and soul, leading to a state of 'ars poetica whole'. The author, MDSHall, uses vivid imagery of moonbeams, chariots, and stardust to illustrate love's passionate and eternal qualities. The piece is a response to a prompt by J.D. Harms and is part of the author's broader literary engagement, which includes curating "The Bazaar of the Bizarre" and writing for "The POM" and "Lingua: Ex Libris Life". The article concludes with a nod to Albert Camus, emphasizing the belief that creativity is a fundamental aspect of living fully.

Opinions

  • Love is depicted as a force that creates dreams and bridges gaps between individuals, suggesting a deeply connective and creative power.
  • The author views love not as a competitive struggle but as an adventure into the unknown, emphasizing its potential for growth and discovery.
  • The poem implies that love's fragility is not a weakness but a strength, as it allows for the expression of vulnerable, yet colorful and unforgettable, aspects of human experience.
  • MDSHall's work is influenced by the community of writers in "Writes of Passage" and is aligned with the philosophy that to create is to live twice, highlighting the importance of artistic expression in understanding and appreciating life.
  • The article encourages readers to appreciate the intrinsic value of poetry and literature as conduits for experiencing the world in new and profound ways.

Love: To Be Continued

For SKH

Photo by Jené Stephaniuk on Unsplash

Left Where it Fell Was love In the songs That swim Between us Drumming up dreams That tango Between shadows We savor like time And its moments Patiently waiting Even as moonbeams sing And the angels swing Down on a chariot Of conflagrant horizons Anointing us with clouds Of stardust that rain passion For love is not a tug of war But a walk to where we've not Been before, to be continued... In communion with body and soul Making ars poetica whole — It's the music heard within the words That will conduct the new world symphony As I stand by you who walks with me For love is fragile yet everlasting Unmasking the strength of our colorfully Unforgettable vulnerabilities.

In response to the marvelous prompt from J.D. Harms:

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2021 MDSHall is a poet and a creative, who is the creator and curator of The Bazaar of the Bizarre and a submissions editor for The POM, living in Illinois, also writing in association with the Writes of Passage, “forged on the wordwrights’ anvil,” and Lingua: Ex Libris Life, because as Albert Camus said, “to create is to live twice.”

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