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Josh Datko's avatar

St. Benedict's Rule: "keep death always before your eyes."

Perhaps poetry is the best medium for this rule!

Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Oh that's a great angle! Yeah maybe that's sort of what we are doing when we write poetry?

Josh Datko's avatar

Yeah, I think so to a degree!

Ricardo Guzman Jr's avatar

Josh always has the best recall of precient quotes. 👏

Andrea (Andy) Curran 🌄's avatar

As someone with a poor memory this really resonated! Keeping memories alive!

Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Thanks for reading, Andrea! Yeah writing is like a time capsule in that way. Glad you liked the poem<3

Ricardo Guzman Jr's avatar

Absolutely beauty of a poem.

It conjures up a recent memory of the Van Gogh immersive experience.

The paintings are beautiful in their own right, but other artists turned it into is own unique blend of animated art, film, music, and visual storytelling.

Your poem encompasses all of it.

Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Thank you kindly, Ricardo! I like that comparison with Van Gogh. I very much believe in the power of art as unity, we're all part of the same expression, all tell the same story! Glad you liked it<3

Ellis Wiens's avatar

It's always fascinating reading about why different artists make what they make. In your case, the reliving of memory and paths untaken, which was the sense I initially got from your poem, A Stroll, one of the first of your works that I read. Really goes to show your poetry communicates multitudes, at least in my experience. Keep at it!

Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Thank you for this thoughtful praise, Ellis! Those are definitely themes I return to often! Kudos to you for catching that, I am very happy that you are able to read into things like that in my writing<3

Nymphish's avatar

I’ve been contemplating very similar ideas lately. Great read.

“To create in order to breathe

the dead air of faded memories

To cleanse the soul

of the very dust you breathe

To believe what

you’ve written”

felt very much like the heart of the poem to me. Thank you for sharing!

Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Thank you so much for the thoughtful comment, Nympish! I agree that the part you've highlighted represents the main ideas!<3

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Poetry is a glorious way to keep memories alive. Beautifully written, Rasmus!

Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Thank you, Rea! I agree. Rereading poems is like returning to a state of mind<3