Set in Stone
Set in StoneI watcheyes of stonethey all go byday after day year after yeardecade after decadetheir look changestheir vehicles changethey don'tI hear frequencies resonatein stone earsvoices...
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For no apparent reason this poem sent me on a nostalgic trip to Hau Par Villa in Singapore a garden of weird statuary depicting good and evil spirits gods and demonsI enjoyed my trip although the...
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My statue is not so much good or evil as just moody, I'd say. At any rate, I'm glad it got you thinking.
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An interesting piece, Michael! I thought it was about people, and their unwillingness to change - but I'm probably wrong!
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Thank you. It's more about how, although the outward trappings - clothes, vehicles, personal devices - change, people really don't. The same things, albeit in different guises, drive today's...
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Dear Michael,Sad piece, and , sadly, true.I offer a minor change in V1 :I watcheyes of stone go by <---day after dayyear after yeardecade after decadetheir look changestheir vehicles changethey...
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Alan: Thank you. That's an interesting change, but it changes the intent of the piece - the eyes of stone belong to a watching statue, not the passing people.
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Everything changes, yet everything stays the same. Very true, Michael! Underneath it all and regardless of modern trends, etc., humankind hasn't seemed to change all that much in our history. Enjoyed...
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.solid, sober, steady and thorough.a fine and honest workmanlike poem.unassuming words pose subtle thoughts.a write in what seems to me your best form.wonderful job.neil.
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