Ostracized (Still Floating)
February 22, 2013 9 Comments
lost affinity
absence of astronomy
finding a way through the vacant sea
drifting along without
a sail
let alone a motor
self-exile sentencing automatic
wandering to where
whatever a home is
About Sean Lynch
Sean Lynch's work is crudely balanced between the visceral and cerebral. Lamont B. Steptoe has described Lynch’s writing as having a precociousness that is “observant and compassionate”.
9 Responses to Ostracized (Still Floating)
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Great symbolism in this poem.
The symbolism is pretty obvious, the final stanza is what is most important, I think.
Wow! What a great poem!
Thanks Sophie, and thank you for reading and responding to my poetry for quite some time now. By the way, I’ve read some of your series and I have to say it is engaging. I can’t say I’ve read all of it, though, because you are so damn prolific.
Nice…
Thanks, and I dig the Rudyard Kipling quote in your profile.
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Rhythm is superb.
Moreover, though your style of poetry is usually economic, saying less, this one particularly I think is as important for what it doesn’t say as for what it does.
Thanks, this poem doesn’t say a lot. I’d say that some people might find it too broad, but maybe that is why it is more relatable than my other poems.