Words placed correctly perforce images
line after line, stanza by stanza
we dance poet to reader; we love
or hate by linguistic connections.
Together,
we vacation to far away places,
grow old and relive our youths;
we unearth soul’s glimpses for good
or bad between every line.
When a poem read
leaves you esurient for more
you cogitate upon its deeper meanings.
Words and images flow and ebb in thought,
sentient, you commit your understanding
to comment.
By this give and take,
word step here, word step there,
our dance becomes more fluid
as each poem adds its experience.
When we conflate these worded presentations
And careful interpretations
Our words become more than their origins
We become ~ gestalt:
More than what we are.
Author notes
Title: gestalt
In layman’s terms:
The sum of its whole is greater than
any interpretation its individual parts could have conceived.
WORD BANK
1) conflate
2: to combine (as two readings of a text) into a composite whole
2) sentient
3 : finely sensitive in perception or feeling
3) perforce
2: by force of circumstances
4) esurient
hungry, greedy
5) cogitate
transitive verb : to ponder or meditate on usually intently
In a list
A contest entry
- ~Expanding Your Vocabulary~ Part 2 by -Ink Artist-.
900 points, ended May 24, 2007, 13 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Prewrite Mania for MY FAVORITES!!!!!!!!! by Celticmoon.
700 points, ended November 2, 2007, 16 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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I am always thinking I should expand my vocabulary. This poem is living proof, but you made it easy for me. Thank you! "Eusurient" is a word that lets imagination run. You are very adept at incorporating them smoothly in the writing, creating an undertow.
Very pretty Gold, too!
Congratulations!
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This is a rather impressive write Ken.
I've read this over a few times and found myself devling deeper each time. Your words flow perfectly here with those less common words found and used. This is truly a penning to be recognized for it masterful poetic value to leave the reader in deep thought long after reading. I love that! Thank you for entering and good luck!
Blessings
Bel
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Thank you Bel,
Gestalt was my art & design teaches favorite expression. she pounded us for two years that no piece of work is done until it reaches the point were it is more than the sum of its parts. I think it is very true of poetry as well. I am glad you liked.
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Congratulations on your Gold Trophy! Well done! You incorporated the words in such a way that I could extract their meaning from the context.
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thank you for the kind comment. I always try, when using uncommon words, to let the context help the reader. thuoghts and words must flow together.
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Congratulations!
A truly deserving entry. So pleased to see gold on this piece. Congratulations my friend. GREAT job! ~Pamela 
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Superb! You took this difficult and challenging word bank and ran with it! I am awed at the effortless flow of your thoughts throughout this write, seamlessly describing the intimate relationship between reader and writer. Beautifully subtle imagery and fabulous descriptive of the writing process itself. Truly impressive work! Thanks for your entry!
My apologies for taking so long to begin judging this contest. Life has been slapping me around the last two weeks and not allowing much time to be online.
~Lori
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Lori,
thank you for such a great compliment, this poem really does disribe the truth of what we are. like all of us I write for me but my words would have little substance without readers and their comments.
your word bank was perfect!!!
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hats off to you my man, an excellent rendition to fuse difficult words together. A very well thought out piece, relating to the subject matter along the way, good job.
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Wow
I loved these lines:
"we dance poet to reader; we love
or hate by linguistic connections." - this is so true.
Wow. that was a tough set of words, but you have written well my friend. And such truths spoken. Very very well done. Best of luck. ~Pamela
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thanks pam,
I like this because it really is what we are doing here.
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