Visions of Elsewhere
Networked Narratives Intercept 9 starts this way."Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky."~Willa Cather
The following poem is another interception constructed from this video of Mia Zamora and Alan Levine chatting.
VISIONS OF ELSEWHERE
Our sense of scale is correctedputting self into perspective
when we view the sky or
the view out another persons window
we need this correction to see
our relative unimportance in the world
I feel the need of 'elsewhere' time
open space and air to breathe
it smells like desert rain
when you crumble the leaves
little things become precious
keep them in your heart
lupines are budding in your corner
my envy echoes through frogs croak
I anticipate the crunch of silence
like steps in the snow
sharing our enthusiasm of
daily views seen anew
opens the portal of knowing
allowing us to feel more
magical moments of seeing
are the horizon of our time.
Wendy Taleo CC BY SA
Wendy, Thank you so much for this poetic synthesis of some fleeting thoughts. Opening perspective (like the shift of the screen to glimpse outside worlds) is a portal to beyond here. I love it.��
ReplyDeleteThanks Mia, and that you both for this way of interacting in the open. Your thoughts may seem fleeting but that is the nature of the Intercepts, they are there, read to pause, play and replay again. This poem was effortless to write perhaps because of the honesty and integrity of those speaking.
DeleteThe crunch of silence
ReplyDeletequiets me, the one who
waits for response;
Instead, I observe the
horizon, the mirage of
the shimmer, as I hold
out my fingers to grasp
the portal, where signal
meets noise.
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