Bubble-blow, Thistledown and Candyfloss

Cherry

By Philip Sidney

Fri, 16 Jan 2015
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20 comments
 

Oh this silly life I live

light as soapy bubble-blow,

sparking with foolish

iridescent hope,

watch it float away

and – pop

it bursts and is no more.

 

I anchor my flimsy self

with portentous weights

of right and wrong,

meaning and purpose,

but - like thistledown,

I rise and drift and vaguely note

far below

what I have left behind.

 

I bite to grasp substance

between my teeth,

and find I grip the candyfloss

of nothingness,

transitory sweetness

tingles on the tongue,

a moment of the effervescence

of here and here and now -

and now

dissolving

into something

indistinct.

 

Certificate PG
Poem

Comments

Submitted by Bee on

I really liked the fleeting feel of this. Lovely words and beautiful images. The photo is beautiful, too. The poem seems written for it. 

Bee

Submitted by Bee on

I really liked the fleeting feel of this. Lovely words and beautiful images. The photo is beautiful, too. The poem seems written for it. 

Bee

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thank you so much Bee, your 'Blue' had a hand in my mind wandering in this way.smiley

Submitted by sean mcnulty on

This is quite beautiful.  It's like something Yeats would have written.  Ethereal, and in love with the musicality of language.

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Oh my goodness Sean, what lovely comments!  I wish I could write like Yeats, But so pleased you like it. : )

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Sean says Yeats, I'm going to play too; your beautiful description of the effervescent transience that is perhaps all we have reminds me of the title of a book I like; 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' by Milan Kundera.

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thank you so much Elsie, I think that title sums up what I was getting at, trust that Kundera to get there first!  Read it years ago and loved its, something may have stuck...

Submitted by forest_for_ever on

Love it !

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thank you so much Forest!

Submitted by celticman on

silly, soapy, sparkling, iridiscent bit of a bubbly brew but sweet sweet too. 

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thanks ceticman smiley

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Trips along on its tip-toes, Philip. An antidote for all that might drag us down. Nice.

Parson Thru

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thanks Parson Thru. smiley

Submitted by Stephen Thom on

i read this as being quite dark amongst the lovely images...grasping for meaning that can't be reached but ultimately finding happiness in fleeting moments (all there is), always passing into fractured unreliable memories. maybe reading too deep! lovely poem though, full of possibilities and delicate pretty word combos. like the layout/structure/whatever technical word! too 

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Glad you picked that up Stephen, I was having my annual existential crisis and this poem bubbled out...

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Helen

This is such a beautiful poem - but full of introspection, and wise thoughts following the bubbly ones. You write so well.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

You're very kind Jean.  Glad you liked it!

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thank you for the cherries!

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Totally delightful, Philipsmiley

Tina

 

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thank you Tina : )