Tuesday, June 14, 2011

the tired monk: on poems


i)

sinking into June poems
hunkered deep
in old tired robes

ii)

the hall lights dimmed
illusion of cool
a place of poems

iii)

hood up  - head down
ancient notebook
filling with young poems

iv)

a robed sanctuary
a shield of poems
sword of wood and lead
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16 comments:

  1. all ways 11 o'clockJune 14, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    almost time for the Monk
    to leave those hallowed
    halls until fall.

    love stanza iii!

    good write Ollie.

    ~robert

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  2. Sherry Blue SkyJune 14, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    I love these, Ollie - love the ancient notebook filling with young poems. Yay! I love the tired monk's poems!

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  3. AndreasJune 14, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Such precious moments, these, so precisely rendered.

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  4. JZKnowles-SmithJune 14, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    This reminds me of Roald Dahl ensconced in his writing hut filling his ideas books (shabby old sleeping back instead of robes). Great Olsonomic use of words.

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  5. Maude LynnJune 14, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    Wonderful!

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  6. SheilaJune 14, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    sword of wood and led - I am working on something where I use a "dagger of graphite." enjoyed these little glimpses that say so very much.

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  7. Brian MillerJune 15, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    stanza 3 is my fav as well...have several of those notebooks...

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  8. Ann GrenierJune 15, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    A deep breath, prayer of thanks for finding a few peaceful words of tranquility in your images.

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  9. UnknownJune 15, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    "sword of wood and lead" - Nicely done, as always :)

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  10. JinksyJune 15, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    a shield of poems

    Do they shield, or are they the sword?

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  11. DasuntouchaJune 16, 2011 at 5:08 AM

    hood up - head down
    ancient notebook
    filling with young poems

    a robed sanctuary
    a shield of poems
    sword of wood and lead    ...

    ...word.

    ...a sword of wood and lead...I like that...nicely done.

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  12. UnknownJune 17, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    Swords of wood and lead are the most powerful indeed! I loved every moment of this... I could almost smell the school-ness of the photo too. :)

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  13. grinsJune 18, 2011 at 12:44 AM

    always a pleasure to read your stuff, ollie. for some reason i am really drawn to poetry that discusses poetry. there is something very poetic about it.

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  14. erinJune 20, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    you're an interesting man, ollie. i mean this with great respect. sometimes when i'm working i imagine you come into the store and i help you out as a customer, never knowing it was you, but thinking perhaps it was. somehow this elevates all of these other men:)

    xo
    erin

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  15. Cassiopeia RisesJune 25, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    Wonderful Ollie. Thanks for stopping by. I just love your images and word flow. Excellent work...


    Melanie

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  16. Bethany AnnJuly 10, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    aren't they made with graphite now? ;)

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Thanks for helping with the development of Olsonomics.

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