Our paths shift, circumstance and
attitude shaping our trajectory.
The company we keep alters both
our outlook and destination.
We are where we are
mainly because of who we are
and whom we are with.
04/16/2024 j.g.l.
A wish for words more delicate and
refined will only lead to
an unnecessary edit, constrained curiosity,
and a smudge of indifference.
Emotions scoured from the page,
its patina reflective now of a chaotic mind,
you are no longer (or never have been)
satisfied with what is there.
Speaking freely, nowhere near the truth,
a humane reaction may not be soothed.
Not always. No matter what.
No longer plain and simple. Perhaps
it never was?
You question the questions.
The flaws in your self can only add up
to a greater expression of your being.
04/15/2024 j.g.l.
April is Poetry Month
flaws and all
We do not touch the money, now
only digits on a screen. Ingredients
in our foods unknown, or what
scientists contribute to the scheme.
Price at the pump keeps going up,
still our cars can’t seem
to get enough.
Politicians are not worth knowing, or
deeds in which they partake, sin or
scandal widely-known, we
elect them anyway.
Damn truth be told,
between utter lies; they won’t salute
the dead, so many innocents die.
We won’t wash our hands, but
still waste the water
and share the blame.
We don’t care if we don’t want to,
our days continue just the same.
© 2018 j,g, lewis
I'm like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.
Her poems have always offered a glimpse into the questioning mind, and there have been biographies and textbook studies, but the new movie A Quiet Passion now adds more clarity into the life of Emily Dickinson.
I’m not a big fan of period pieces, but Dickinson has long been a poetry “crush” of mine. I recognized, and related to, the loneliness of the poems when I was first introduced in about Grade 7.
I knew little of her life, then, but was in awe of the complexities of the themes, dedicated structure and, for the most part, brevity of her work.
The movie, beautifully filmed with gorgeous period costuming, paints the picture we know of the American poet’s reclusive life, and shows her uncompromising style as it comes to life on her handwritten page.
Cynthia Nixon plays the role so well, the dialogue is true to the times, and the script is more than sprinkled with Dickinson’s eloquent verse.
Dickinson (whose fame never arrived until after her death) lived a quiet life, but a life worth celebrating. A Quiet Passion does this so well.
j.g.l.
I’m like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.
2 replies on “Worth Watching”
She was my first favorite poet. Looking forward to seeing this!
You will enjoy. It’s like putting images to words you know so well.