A Springtime Fantasy Comments
The sheen of sunlight burns
the lake water. Deep below
the water must be boiling,
ready to bubble to the surface.
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Even when it boils inside, everything appears placid outside! This is exactly true of our mind scape too! In the second stanza, the poet plans to embrace a way of life where there is harmony between the empyrean and the mundane! Man is of body and soul and one cannot lead a meaningful life by divorcing one from the other! A great write, profound and philosophical!
Your comment adds the spirit to the flesh of my poem.. You put a philosophical frame around my imagery and I can clearly see the message of harmony in the poem. Your eyes penetrate to the deepest layers of a poem! !
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8/6/2025 8:40:37 AM # 1.0.0
A visual treat, balanced verse. Through sensuous imagery you put the reader in a spell. And yes, nature makes us wonder how to keep a balance, how to make a choice between things. Nature has a lot to teach. Your poem has achieved a poise, a balance i must say. A huge 10.
We both love nature and it shows in our poems' imagery. Imagery, my second poetry teacher taught us, is the essence of poetry, because it partakes of both wonder and reality. of vision and fact. That's what I find in your poetry, too.