Comments : The Dream of You

  • 4 years ago

    by D.

    The first stanza is unbelievably Neruda-esque, painting beautiful brushstrokes with soft, warm language. I struggled to get through first part of the second stanza, due to not completely understanding the relevance of the references. I understand the endeavour of using notoriously beautiful, famous legends in comparison with this person you dream of, but I preferred your hand-picked images. Long beak of a hummingbird - gorgeous! Anybody can copy and paste the name of a famous monument, or painting. The footnote, whilst informative, really takes me away. It's almost spoonfeeding the reader. This poem deserves a little better than that. When the poem restarts with 'I dream of you in wings of flames', then we revert back to the imagery which permeated the first stanza. I also honestly believe you should end the poem at 'I dream of you in the shed blood of your lipstick' as the final stanza is a little uninspired with the reference to Cogito, ergo sum. What you have here is a beautiful, beautiful love poem that's a bit bloated with distractions. Your poetry is much better when the language can breathe without the need to tell the reader anything.

    • 4 years ago

      by BOB GALLO

      Thank you so much for this much care and love, which I cherish.
      Cogito is the state of consciousness which I am stretching it here poetically. In better words it is the state of solipsism which philosophically almost ridiculous but in different context, in the state of human spirituality and poetry is very powerful tool. Consciousness in poetry moulds way more than in philosophy.
      But I agree the ending is not for 99% of the reader. (not the intellectual of it but the personal experience makes it that odd), I leave it there now for the sake of this argument but next time anywhere else I post, that part is going to be hidden.