‘Metaphysical Mortar’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream The Society March 22, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 4 Comments . . Metaphysical Mortar Between the cobalt and the blueGlean gestalt and sum of trueAll and each be more than sixWall and reach be more than bricks . Photo by A Sclamberg & H Hall . . Tahoe Navy, cobalt, slate of blue,Bright and white and cold of hue,Bold of ice and snow and cloud,Grim of nimbus, grey and proud. Brim of depth and inland sea,Smile of grim, on strand of thee,Free of crave we tread thy strand,Enclave, Sea of God and Man. Photo by Jim Hays . . Alec Ream is a writer living in Virginia. His poetic work and creative fiction have been widely published. A member of the Demosthenian Literary Society at UGA, he wrote on Lookout Mountain, and continued to write, lecture and work for Delta Kappa Epsilon HQ. He was first published reading to the pledge class of Michigan DKE, in Ann Arbor in 2008. Recently, his poem Green Fire was read at the Washington Literary Society & Debating Union at UVA. NOTE TO READERS: If you enjoyed this poem or other content, please consider making a donation to the Society of Classical Poets. The Society of Classical Poets does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or commentary. ***Read Our Comments Policy Here*** 4 Responses cobal blue March 23, 2016 these poems seem to exemplify the highest order of cadence, I felt my whole inner being marching to the rhythm Reply Al March 24, 2016 Much appreciated Cobal. Professor Michelle said I was hard wired to meter and rhyme since my mother read Longfellow & my father read Kipling and Service when I was 4. Thanks again, really glad you got into the words. Reply Joseph Charles MacKenzie March 25, 2016 Yes, there is no denying the cadence, accomplished in so short a verse form. Quite the affair. But even beyond the technical purity, so very welcome in our day, is the depth of contemplation in couplets like “Free of crave we tread thy strand, Enclave, Sea of God and Man.” Reply Neal March 31, 2016 Thanks Mr MacKenzie for the read and for the thoughtful remarks, thanks very much. Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
cobal blue March 23, 2016 these poems seem to exemplify the highest order of cadence, I felt my whole inner being marching to the rhythm Reply
Al March 24, 2016 Much appreciated Cobal. Professor Michelle said I was hard wired to meter and rhyme since my mother read Longfellow & my father read Kipling and Service when I was 4. Thanks again, really glad you got into the words. Reply
Joseph Charles MacKenzie March 25, 2016 Yes, there is no denying the cadence, accomplished in so short a verse form. Quite the affair. But even beyond the technical purity, so very welcome in our day, is the depth of contemplation in couplets like “Free of crave we tread thy strand, Enclave, Sea of God and Man.” Reply
Neal March 31, 2016 Thanks Mr MacKenzie for the read and for the thoughtful remarks, thanks very much.
