Comments on: A. R. Ammons – An Improvisation for Angular Momentum http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/11/09/a-r-ammons-an-improvisation-for-angular-momentum/ Sacred Poetry from Around the World Thu, 23 May 2013 14:55:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Bob Corbin http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/11/09/a-r-ammons-an-improvisation-for-angular-momentum/#comment-81475 Bob Corbin Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:06:02 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2285#comment-81475 A lovely poem, and more lovely on reflection, thanks to your commentary and to the comments of others. I know nothing of A. R. Ammons and i will scurry to read some of his other poems A lovely poem, and more lovely on reflection, thanks to your commentary and to the comments of others. I know nothing of A. R. Ammons and i will scurry to read some of his other poems

]]> By: Ivan M. Granger http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/11/09/a-r-ammons-an-improvisation-for-angular-momentum/#comment-81473 Ivan M. Granger Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:42:41 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2285#comment-81473 Sending love, Val. ~Ivan Sending love, Val. ~Ivan

]]> By: Val Leventhal http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/11/09/a-r-ammons-an-improvisation-for-angular-momentum/#comment-81472 Val Leventhal Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:29:21 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2285#comment-81472 Thank you, Ivan, once more, for a beautiful poem and commentary. Since I am dealing with the passing of my significant other, this poem was so meaningful to me. Significant other - a moment's reflection, stepping outside the "bubble" of a common phrase, to see the true meaning of "significant." Big changes bring big, "significant" insights. Loss, death, growth, birth - all are part of the constantly changing flow of the river of our lives. Thank you, Ivan, once more, for a beautiful poem and commentary. Since I am dealing with the passing of my significant other, this poem was so meaningful to me. Significant other – a moment’s reflection, stepping outside the “bubble” of a common phrase, to see the true meaning of “significant.” Big changes bring big, “significant” insights. Loss, death, growth, birth – all are part of the constantly changing flow of the river of our lives.

]]> By: Peg http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/11/09/a-r-ammons-an-improvisation-for-angular-momentum/#comment-81458 Peg Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:23:25 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2285#comment-81458 During Mercury retrogrades my mind is more difficult to slow down. Thoughts are whirring around in my mind just like the passing images in the poem. I can barely make them out. Strange things come up, too. Things I have not thought about in years like this morning having taken the time to reread this poem I remembered another poem I was immersing myself in about a child with down syndrome and how I thought about Bryce. Bryce had down syndrome and someone I love very deeply. I baby sat for him for the three short years of his life here on earth. As soon as I thought of his beautiful smile I knew that he s visiting me at that moment. I will be so excited to see him again and find out all the worlds that he is visiting since I last saw him some thirty-five years ago. My brain and language have not kept pace with my dimensional/spiritual knowledge. I crossed through death's false membrane many times from a near death experience and out-of-body experiences. We need to make some linguistic upgrades to accomodate our quantum world. For one, replacing death with transformation or metamorphosis or our transition to another dimension. The book by Susan Strehle on "Fiction in the Quantum Universe" is really giving me permission to change my writing style and freeing it from my delusional Newtonian past. During Mercury retrogrades my mind is more difficult to slow down. Thoughts are whirring around in my mind just like the passing images in the poem. I can barely make them out. Strange things come up, too. Things I have not thought about in years like this morning having taken the time to reread this poem I remembered another poem I was immersing myself in about a child with down syndrome and how I thought about Bryce. Bryce had down syndrome and someone I love very deeply. I baby sat for him for the three short years of his life here on earth. As soon as I thought of his beautiful smile I knew that he s visiting me at that moment. I will be so excited to see him again and find out all the worlds that he is visiting since I last saw him some thirty-five years ago. My brain and language have not kept pace with my dimensional/spiritual knowledge. I crossed through death’s false membrane many times from a near death experience and out-of-body experiences.

We need to make some linguistic upgrades to accomodate our quantum world. For one, replacing death with transformation or metamorphosis or our transition to another dimension. The book by Susan Strehle on “Fiction in the Quantum Universe” is really giving me permission to change my writing style and freeing it from my delusional Newtonian past.

]]> By: marrob http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/11/09/a-r-ammons-an-improvisation-for-angular-momentum/#comment-81370 marrob Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:07:51 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2285#comment-81370 Well, I'm especially grateful for Ivan's commentary today because I admit I missed the plot on first reading. But right off, I found the sounds 'behind' the words and some expressions seemed to jump out . rather like moving about on their own Expressions like. wind melting into their directions or. quell our cries or, my favourite, past the bother of recollection, I agree, the photo is interesting today, where the shadow reflects more than the reality . a bit like these shorter, lately sombre, November afternoons . Well, I’m especially grateful for Ivan’s commentary today because I admit
I missed the plot on first reading.

But right off, I found the sounds ‘behind’ the words and some expressions
seemed to jump out . rather like moving about on their own

Expressions like.

wind melting
into their directions

or.

quell our cries

or, my favourite,

past the bother of
recollection,

I agree, the photo is interesting today, where the shadow reflects more than
the reality . a bit like these shorter, lately sombre, November afternoons .

]]> By: Erin W http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/11/09/a-r-ammons-an-improvisation-for-angular-momentum/#comment-81358 Erin W Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:22:06 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2285#comment-81358 I love this! I have a sedentary job, but what I love most in life is walking, so this poem speaks directly to me. What a beautiful description of a shift in perception that is hard to capture in words. I appreciate your analysis and chosen photo too. Thank you for your dedication to keeping inspiration like this flowing through the inbox. I love this! I have a sedentary job, but what I love most in life is walking, so this poem speaks directly to me. What a beautiful description of a shift in perception that is hard to capture in words. I appreciate your analysis and chosen photo too. Thank you for your dedication to keeping inspiration like this flowing through the inbox.

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