Apostrophe

[antman]

I should write an Icon tonight
but the moon hides it’s ivory,
rich amber drunk, under black sheets.

I ponder the glebe e’er resigned
to rustic melancholic sigh.
Ecstasy must have swayed first Eve.

For life, love, sweet love, sing the dead
‘ere struggling pangs of the conscious
hang.


antman

[David Nelson Bradsher]

Anthony, I like it, but why the archaic uses of "ever" and "before"?

[antman]

The use of apostrophe is not archaic my dear friend.
In the third stanza ('ere) may be read as
here, there or where.

Apostrophe, is a rhetorical devise the direct address
of persons not actually present, of abstract ideas, or
of nonexistant personages. The thing addressed
may be a personification or it may be a real person;
what is important is that the poet shifts from first
or third person to the second.
This poem is not about the use or placement of
apostrophe, but the afformentioned shift.
Thanks for the query and read David.

peace my brother,
anthony

[David Nelson Bradsher]

OK, I'm obviously tired; ergo, I completely missed the significance of the title and the usage. Sorry, brother. I'm all Vampire Sonnetted out today.

[antman]

Thanks for all the reads and sharing you
give us all Daivd, you're a true parton of
the art.

peace and thanks,
anthony

[MichaelFirewalker]

you should paint an Icon
of the Dark Mother
for even now you lie
inside Her shadowed arms

do you not see
Her sleek black face
gaze down on thee?

She darkly waits
upon your empathy...


michael

Jai Kali Ma!

[antman]

Yes, dear poet I may, for The Word...
is divine, I adore her illuminating gaze
and the hope it provides for a pitiful one like me!

peace and love,
anthony

[Jo Lynn Ehnes]

Wow, really deep anthony. I love that closing stanza.

[Jonathan Morey Weiss-Namaste47]

Pretty deep and passionate, my brother. You sent me to Rhyme Zone more than once, but I wanted to comprehend this in its entirety......still pondering. Love the romantic language.

[MichaelFirewalker]

you are not pitiful, Anthony----you are one of the most beautiful souls I have ever seen...

a humbled michael

[mfwilkie]

Antman

Do you need the comma after Ectasy?

[Ron Wallace (Scotshawk)]

Love the voice and word choice, Ant, very strong, excellent. I have the same comma question as Mags though. Ron

[antman]

Thanks Jon, Michael, Maggie and Ron.
I wanted the comma for a bit of pause
but don't think it's all that necessary after
looking at. Thanks for pointing that out
to me. Consider it deleted!

peace, blessings and love my friends,
anthony

[Ken_Nye]

Anthony, I must confess that I don't know what in the world is going on in your poem and I don't know what these people are talking about. I ponder more than the glebe e'er resigned to melancholic sigh, I ponder what this is all about. Is an apostrophe a genre of poetry? Who set up the standard that the poet has to shift from the first or third person to the second? "Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll." Isn't that an apostrophe? Hey, ignore me. This is a rant. Time for bed.

Ken

Ken

[antman]

'tis okay with me that you don't understand my poem or
what an apostrophe is or isn't Ken. I do understand a rant
when I read one : ) Peace my brother rest easy.

anthony

[purplejacket]

sometimes I get a little drunk, and then I love everything. I can't tell the difference sometimes. I hope I still like this tomorrow, as well as the rest of the world. xxoo