What I’d Like to Know

Bob, , , ,

The buzzing beliefs of cosmic
Ambling, the beautiful
Preludes of darkness and
Cataclysm, then suddenly
Of atom and charge, spin
And recognition, the endless
Paths and the streetlights
Ever so slightly leaning into
The rain, passingly framed by the sound
Of bicycle tires on the wet
Pavement, and if this concludes
In a diving board sky
Crowned by the harangues
Of cloud and dusk and
The wind in the leaves,
The backyard sermons
Of joint and lawn chair, the
Feral cat staring from what radius
It deems safe, or the smokestack
Of the old dairy now an eyrie
For pigeon and tonight’s moon.

21 thoughts on “What I’d Like to Know”

  1. oh you are at your best in this tight little vignette of strangeness: there are bits that stand out: a diving board sky, the harangues of cloud, dusk and wind in the leaves,and, most of all, that smokestack as eyrie; wonderful !!

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  2. In the cosmic symphony, the verses unravel the dance of atom and charge, where streetlights lean into the rain, and backyard sermons echo the wisdom of joint and lawn chair. Amid the feral gazes and the eyrie of old structures, the poetry whispers the profound beauty found in the ordinary communion of elements, a celestial ballet framed by the moon’s quiet serenity.

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  4. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says:

    Brilliant poem Bob! How the layers of simplicity, intricacy and the complexity of existence all come together. So thought provoking and well done. This line “Of atom and charge, spin” brought back memories of my chemistry classes. Brilliant work again!

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      1. You’re welcome Bob. I absolutely relate to that! I really wish so too in my own experience as well. There are so many cool concepts out there! I am glad at least that realization helps us treasure what we know now / what we come to learn and observe, just like how you place them in your poems.

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  6. I read this a few times and was trying to identify the feeling it evoked and I think it’s motion, from “ambling” to “spin” to “recognition” to “leaning” and so on and this serves as a potent reminder to keep things moving from one thought to another, one foot in front of the other onward and then so many great lines, to just name one “The backyard sermons Of joint and lawn chair.” What a classic. So true how that happens, smoke a joint and the “sermon” emerges in our mind. I had one last night, something to the effect of undiscovered tribes of relatedness and how it has been taken away from us over the years. I’m not sure what it means but it sounded good during last night’s “sermon.” Maybe I was thinking about notions of a group or tribe or community and the importance of that and yet never really relating to that togetherness and feeling frustrated because of it, but then realizing that maybe I just prefer to be alone.

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    1. I told myself this year, after it snowed a lot, I would make some snow benches, and put my fire pit in the middle, and smoke a joint and stare up at the winder sky. We’ll see if I do that. But it hasn’t significantly snowed yet. I’m glad you hit upon motion in this one. I guess Charles Dickens walked 12 miles a day. Wish I had the time to do that. But it’s all in motion. I think we forget that. Us traveling around the sun, the sun around the galaxy. I think your sermon “undiscovered tribes of relatedness” sound like a great idea for a post from you. It’s strange that as we get older, we end up feeling more alone. But I’d ask myself that same, do I just prefer to be alone?

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      1. I was watching the news tonight and they were talking and showing videos of the volcano in Iceland and I immediately thought of your snow bench and fire dream joint this year,

        Thanks for the next blog post idea, the undiscovered tribes of relatedness. There seems to be a lot baseball ideas in that like players going from the Red Sox to the Yankees or vice versa, the tribe or the individual?

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      2. I saw the videos too. If you could get close enough with lawn chair and joint, that would be quit the sight. Looking forward to reading your next post about baseball tribes. Especially that I might have to give up the Sabres due to having too many disappointments. It might be time to get back into baseball and pick which tribe(s) I’ll be rooting for. I think I might be done with the Yankees. I’m going with two Bs. Brewers and Bluejays.

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      3. You can’t go wrong with being a Brewers fan in that they’ve never won a World Series so there is always that excitement that this might be the year as you know so well with the Sabres, but don’t give up on them. There’s something special about teams that never win. It tests a fan’s loyalty.

        I’m stumped as to how to proceed with a post about baseball tribes, but I like the challenge you have presented me.

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      4. I agree. There is something special about the underdog. I’m just frustrated with how the season is going. But it will be fun to get into baseball again. I’ve always had a tough time writing on prompt. So I get being stumped. I’m sure it will come and be great read.

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