TheSpineView I have read this poem 4 times and not sure I entirely understand the message. 🤔 2y
dabbe I looked up what stag beetles are all about and supposedly they're a symbol of good vs evil. That's all I know. 🤣💙😊 2y
TheSpineView In this atmosphere of daily proximity to annihilation, I find myself desperately missing my friends. Their faces have been coming to me, especially the face of my friend, B. The visual softness of his face, his full head of hair that spills sideways, his face is a shadow archive. His face made me think of my father‘s face, a face which contained almost in equal measure, praise and mournfulness. I wanted to write a poem that 2y
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TheSpineView .. was the metric measure of that face. To praise, as my father‘s face did, living; and in his death, the opposite of living. Praise as elation, praise as desolation. I picked my pen, I began to write." This is what the Poet had to say about his poem. Found on Poets.org. 2y
dabbe @TheSpineView That is just ONE more reason why you rock. 🤗 2y
TheSpineView @dabbe You're too kind! Thanks!😘🥰🌞 2y
bthegood @TheSpineView @dabbe thank you for the discussion and clarification on this poem - the poets explanation of the poem is beautiful (I find it more moving than the poem itself to be honest) - make a great day 🙂 2y
TheSpineView @bthegood You're welcome! 2y
dabbe @bthegood 🥰 2y
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