Two accidental cosmogonies
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I.
Abreast of umbrella'd freefall,
I am a jellysail for clear tendrils
Keeping my descent buoyed through cotton.
Through tufts of sky, through a transparent planet,
Into the painless core, lava unburning I phase through.
This entire construct is the ghost of a feeling:
The wireframe of ambition, carapace'd idea
Shed liberally in spirit's impetus.
I extinguish myself avian
Through these plumed swaths.
II.
A
Silty
Microcosmos,
Exuberant halo
And planetary ring
Gnat swarm of luminescence
& kiss of geometrical death:
An ambitious architecture
And its demolition
By the mind.
This entire waveform
Is a photographic negative
Where the impossible is
Made real.
Notes & discussion
What is a cosmogony? It is a theoretical model of the origins of the cosmos. It is also the branch of science concerned with the development of such models. Why apply this term to an abstract, and brief, poem? I find it quite humorous to perceive that, in the course of improvising poetical abstractions about life and existence, one is, casually, or "accidentally," establishing entire conceptual models regarding the origins of the universe.
By the way, I commonly get comments such as "I do not understand this poem," "I find it difficult to understand," etc. It is my view that the purpose of poetry is not to be understood, but rather, felt. Of course, the faculties are related, because to feel something, one must comprehend something of the symbols used to portray the feelings. A while ago I began to upload more recordings of the poems being spoken, because in this way one can experience a closer transmission of the poem's inner vibration without requiring the intellectual comprehension of its construction.
Also in my view, when you ask the poet the meaning of the poem, you are asking the wrong person! You ought to be asking the poem. For poetry is a living art, and the poem comes to teach something to the poet. So when you ask the poet for explanations you are asking the student to instruct the class!
One could also make a case that art has no meaning, other than what it already is. That is, no external, objective explanations will be able touch the art's inner essence. They flit about: dance upon the surface only. Even the most lofty and refined analysis of art is utterly shallow in comparison to the thing itself.
Let us also recall the zen tradition of purposeful paradox, wherein angular materials are given as fodder for meditation in order that the mind will be stunned into silence. At the end of the day, we look for the beginning. And where the conclusion ought to be, we find the inauguration of one million more expansive queries, feelings, and ideas.
Wholeness,
@d-pend
2/24/18
Written & spoken
By @d-pend
2/24/18
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Art by
.1 --- "Jellyfish" by Mana-C-E
2 --- "Jellyfish" by Qinni
3 --- "Jellyfish" by BaxiaArt
4 --- "Jellyfish 2" by Arbelwen
nice writting like your poetry it is good 😊
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you are right @dend there is a lot that does not understand poetry and says that he understands it only to please for that reason here is a short summary of the poetry ..
Poetry is a literary genre that is characterized by being the most refined manifestation, through the word, feelings, emotions and reflections that can be expressed by the human being around beauty, love, life or death. As such, it can be composed in both verse and prose.
However, modern poetry is characterized by the predominance of free verse, where the author has total freedom to arrange and organize the verses in the text, and find their own rhythm, without ties of rhymes or metrics.
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This probably is my favorite poem written by you so far :) Your voice and dictation as well the pauses you make when reading the poem, its very relaxing and makes me feel more the poem. I noticed that we feel a lot more the poem when we're listening to it than reading. Loved the picytures you add, specially the first one.
The impossible is made real that sentence alone makes me think of an impossible dream that actually i can maybe, just maybe, make it come true in my life ;)
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I love this music, it's really cool. thanks alot @d-pend
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Yes @d-pend is back. I see two faces of you poetry. One is Daniel who wakes up in the morning and enjoys the fresh air. The other is d-pend who ponders the mysteries of the universe and life itself. Both sides are necessary and a joy to read.
Two things came to mind when I heard this. First was the jelly fish are so similar to the cells that swim upstream to survive and proliferate. 15 years ago doctors said it would be impossible for us to have kids but we have two boys now. The power of life is stronger than what science can observe and record.
The second thought is the phrase: "photographic negative." I haven't heard this used for years. Beautiful analogy for cosmogony and zen.
Thank you for writing this. We need to be reminded from time to time.
On another note I'm thankful for dsounds. For a while I had a glitch but now perfect sound uploading and lots of fun.
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Nice
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Good author thanks for sharing you're an excellent poet....
I perpetually learn from your poetry keep it up......
Thanks for sharing man this type of poem ......
I want you all the simplest and looking forward to your next post.....
Waiting for your next post...
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Interesting post. It's lovely I love the way you put words together. You can kindly visit my blog to check out interesting. Thanks in anticipation
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Awesome poetry thanks for sharing you are a great poet
I always learn from your poetry keep it up Thanks for sharing
I wish you all the best and waiting for your next post
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wow...wonderful post. i like your post to much @d-pend thanks for sharing post
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very good, you are true lovers of poetry, hopefully will continue and successfully create quality poetry, I love poetry with you thanks @ d-pend
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I really like your cool words. They are polished refind diamonds. How can we appreciate great soul, greater than your precious jems.It feels like you have collected pearl from deep end of the sea and decorated nicely@upvoted and resteemed
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Wow really cool wordings @d-pend thanks for sharing
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Your poem is always the best @d-pend, I've heard in dsound. I love the way you read it, because the way you read it has a good rhythm, so that your poetry can penetrate into the soul. I have not been able to read like, so from that I have not dared to post in dsound. I will try to learn again, let me can post in dsound and can get vote from dsound.
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After a second read, these stanzas stand out. Always a great read, the imagery is just beautiful. You remain the Picasso of words :)
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His poetry is really very interesting
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I am always a huge fan of your way of thinking and the level of vocabulary you use the beautiful soul Daniel <3
This is absolutely the fact based thing that poetry is prayer and it can be felt only and i am fully agreed what you stated my friend
There is no doubt everybody has it's meaning for any poetry or couplet so if one asks to the poet about it then this is really immoral and not at all an appreciable thing.
Thanks a lot for blessing your readers with such wonderful Poetry and double thanks for giving us the audio version of your poetry as well :)
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Very Nice post. Thanks for share
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This post has been deemed resteem & upvote worthy by your friendly @eastcoaststeem ran by Steemian @chelsea88
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wow are those jellyfish this is really cool
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What is the most beautiful of these words full of strong feelings and sensations I liked the sound is beautifully harmonious
Without exaggeration really amazing and distinct melody with words :))
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glamor
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I am of the opinion that the only way poetry should be understood, is if it's felt that way it van be truly understood, the intentions and the tendencies should revuberate inside one's soul and really leave a mark.
Abreast of umbrella'd freefall,
I am a jellysail for clear tendrils
Keeping my descent buoyed through cotton.
This is one verse I know that showed rhythmic prowess I mean the sound of music like tone when you say the syllables together aloud, and I noticed it when you were speaking.
That's why poetry is more powerful when spoken and felt it's been a while this is do beautiful, your voice did the trick.
Maybe one day we do a voice recording together
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Pretty extremely clearing poetry written @d-pend. Creative contents entire various typical one. Humans feelings expanded who's listen dsound or read poem. Better contribute origins of the cosmos meanings. Nice summery. Excellent Dsound uploaded to easy to entire feelings to human's inside. Best talent.
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Listen to the poem you Will be carried away my own mood of the poem. Thank you for share this poem.
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Bookmarked.
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nice poem lord @ d-pend (y).
I always wanted to read and listen to your beautiful poetry.
Your poetry is an inspiration to me.
thank you very much @daniel-pendergraft (y) .
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good post,
@d-pend
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Poetry is often times not in-between the lines but outside the sentence.
Sometimes most people tell me same thing of not grasping the main theme.
Though I've resorted to posting my plain poems, I keep the others out of public consumption.
Maybe I believe, comprehension is the beginning of a good poetry.
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Your poetry and art work are awesome though.
Good work.
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