culture vulture
© L.M.Noonan
The predatory glint of the roads teeth
seems anticipatory
friendly even
it only has to wait
this road has dined on many such as we
vainglorious
seeking what
enlightenment
congratulatory esteem
the mica winks
despite
the dollops of buff
yak
and human manure
how does one start to understand anothers culture
from the wrappers
from the rubbish
from the waste
It's school holidays here in Queensland and somehow the days have gotten away
from me.
I keep meaning to post some more photos from our last trip but...
Instead: a little bit of hastily written poetry I found in my travel diary.
Written on the trails in Nepal.
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5 comments:
Great poem LM, hasty obviously suits you. 'this road has dined on many such as we' - yeah!
wow! I would have probably said the road is windy and steep and rocky. God I am tired! Are we there yet?
not very poetic!
I'm always really surprised that anyone bothers to visit my blog these days let alone take the time to comment...so thankyou Chook and CA.
The trekking was hard but I'd go back in a heartbeat. Nothing to do, nothing think about, just me and the road ahead. Freedom!
I like the comment below from Rick Visser www.artrift.blog-city.com (can't find the links button on comments page!). It makes me feel better when I have nothing to say.
Clearly, it has been a long time since I posted anything on
Artrift; the longest hiatus since I started posting in 2003. Why should it not be so? This is not an assembly line; it is an exploration in reality and imagination…a continual play of metamorphosis. Besides, my readers have much else to do...and so do I. The rain falls gently in the ocean of equanimity.
Ah Chook I do so envy eloquence of any sort but perhaps most especially those who write so well. Your quote pretty much sums it up in a beautiful patinated nutshell. Thanks for the link...there appears to be a good deal of interesting stuff at Rick's blog.
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