Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Cut Outs

At dusk
Shoulders pressed against
The creased bark of an oak tree
We
Become a singularity
No longer 3D
Simple cut outs
Against the sky
Arms branching
Toes rooted
In the softness
Of the night

This is offered for OLN at dversepoets.com.  My science background won't let me just leave the misuse of singularity alone.. It was a fun word to play with, as in "becoming one with the tree"..clearly not really a singularity ;-)    Inspired by warm summer nights when you notice how the light can shift reality. :-)

20 comments:

  1. Love you inspirations...a lovely poem I can just picture it. :)

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    1. Hi! and Welcome :-) Thank you very much--looking forward to visiting you

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  2. nice...i am a tree hugger for sure...they give me peace quite often....becoming one with them does not sound a bad thing at all...much they can teach us as well...

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    1. Hi Brian! How delightful--a fellow tree hugger! Oaks seem to be especially wise :-)

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  3. Wonderful take Sara! How blissful it is to be blended together in warm embrace!

    Hank

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    1. Hi Hank! Always so nice to see you--trees are so at embracing aren't
      they ? :-)

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  4. I like your perception here, Sara. Kind of spooky to think that we become one-dimensional 'singularity,' but definitely so true at that time of day. Thank goodness at other times we are back to 3-D!!

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    1. Hi Mary! There is definitely a spooky element there--and I'm always happy to be 3-D :-)

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  5. I liked the "feel" of this poem - it has a stage like feel to it - or an acting class. After all, I think it's rather a "method" project to emote a tree. Well done.

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    1. Hi Beachanny! What a cool perspective, I was going for feeling, so happy that it came through :-)

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  6. i love the down to earth image... the stripping away of complexity to just be in the moment...feeling nature and life

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    1. Hi Claudia! That is a perfect way to describe this--there are those still moments where you feel that simple connection, and it's wonderful
      :-)

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  7. I love the simplicity of deep complexity here, Sara. = )

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    1. Hi Laurie! Nature has both components, doesn't it? :-) Thank you!

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  8. Ohhhhh. This is just lovely, Sara. Love the idea of
    "Simple cut outs
    Against the sky"

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    1. Hi De! Thank you! That's actually where this poem started, me watching tree limbs turn into silhouettes :-)

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  9. The simplicity here is uplifting. Mere cutouts can hold tremendous detail in their singular dimension. Yet, you gave them life. Wonderful!

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    1. Hi Joseph! Welcome--and thank you for such a lovely compliment :-)

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  10. I love the feel of this, Sara. Lovely write.

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    1. Hi Ayala! Always so nice to see you, I really enjoyed your poem as well:-)

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Your words are wonderful! Thanks for popping in--I'll be over in a snap!