Grief And Joy Comments
Inspired by a poem by Pamela Sinicrope
I
...
Read full text
Two most important components of life....grief and joy. How wonderfully you draw parallels between the two. Fate and Freedom....the two extremes our life shuffles between but it's hard to differentiate between the two. The enigma of life, the intensity of emotions presented in lovely poetic expression. A big 10.
Thanks so much Nosheen. Sometimes I can accept calmly life's enigma and rest in the mystery of things, other times I get impatient and want to smash through the barriers. I appreciate your understanding of the first option: to rest in the Mystery of Things.
A lovely poem that balances the extremes and ends with an apotheosis (probably my favorite word, by the way, one I learned from Daniel Brick a time ago from another of his poems) . I am honored to have inspired a poem in you. I would love to share this. Merry Christmas to you and yours and I wish you many years filled with joy.
Yes, Jette, your line GRIEF PULLED ME FROM SEEP is so kinetic and immediate I couldn't resist the poetic moment. The words flowed through your line from my imagination into the poem. The two poems are different but they have the same starting point in that quest for understanding of both sides of life, both dark and bright.
Delivering Poems Around The World
Poems are the property of their respective owners. All information has been reproduced here for educational and informational purposes to benefit site visitors, and is provided at no charge...
7/27/2025 4:45:55 AM # 1.0.0
That there can be joy without suffering, without grief, I doubt. The two are linked as in this poem of yours, Daniel. It seems to me that for there to be joy, then suffering, struggle, grief must first have have hallowed out a chamber in us where joy can have resonance. -Glen