10-29-2011, 04:52 PM
My initial response to this was puzzlement. What the heck does it all mean? On further reading I became intrigued and enjoyed trying to piece to-gether the meaning.
So, this bloke is entering old age and isn't in a happy marriage and he hides in his hobbies, he has an unfinished painting of himself and his wife skating on a pond in happier times. He thought that growing older together would deaden his fear of death...but, it hasn't turned out that way. This is my best guess at the poem's meaning.
"in the hearth's generous stream-
leathered in a slow blink
leaving behind rusted chemistry".........I love the sound of these but have no idea what they mean.
So, this bloke is entering old age and isn't in a happy marriage and he hides in his hobbies, he has an unfinished painting of himself and his wife skating on a pond in happier times. He thought that growing older together would deaden his fear of death...but, it hasn't turned out that way. This is my best guess at the poem's meaning.
"in the hearth's generous stream-
leathered in a slow blink
leaving behind rusted chemistry".........I love the sound of these but have no idea what they mean.