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Laura Is Up For The Early Shift |
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By karlostheunhappyjackyl
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17 July 2007 |
A short poem; a prose poem almost. Influenced by Richard Brautigan.
That tree that was cut to your wardrobe has forgiven you -
now it has a big square and silver eye to regard you each morning : first thing it sees.
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Written by Phil (6836 comments posted) 17th July 2007 | I really liked the one I read yesterday - on lots of levels.
This one leaves me cold - a sort of poetic 'so what?' Perhaps it's me. Perhaps it's Richard Brautigan.
Phil. | RESPONSE
Written by karlostheunhappyjackyl (13 comments posted) 18th July 2007 | I'm sorry you feel that way.
If you have not read any Richard Brautigan, like In Watermelon Sugar, then it seems to me that you probably ought not to: you won't like it.
You're right with the 'so what', although that does deny a level of feeling which I originally charged the piece with.
Richard Brautigan's work has a feel that is not flippant, but creatively whimsical (that's the best way I think I can describe it) and I guess it is quietly melancholic. It is therefore spares and image heavy, which appeals to me as I come from a Haiku (Western preferably) point of interest.
Brautigan finally committed suicide. I don't know if that is relevant, but it is an interesting fact nonetheless. |
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