Spiritual Poetry posted January 12, 2019 Chapters:  ...10 11 -12- 13... 


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A chapter in the book Fragmentation

Buildings

by estory

Blocks
Of buildings
In blocks of buildings
Of blocks

People walking around the blocks
Walking around the blocks
Looking up at the buildings

Apartment buildings, office buildings,
Courthouses, gothic churches
Skyscrapers

Skyscrapers with observation decks
Skylines

A man looking out of the window of an apartment building
A woman on the phone sitting in an office
People climbing the steps of the courthouse
A priest opening the door of the church

The arches above the door,
Those gargoyles on the lintels,
These columns rising around you,
That flying buttress

Parapets, cornices, arpetures, porticos,
Cornerstones, cubicles, stairwells, closets,
Entrance halls, waiting rooms, open air plazas,
Collonaded esplanades, courtyards

Atriums
Atriums with potted plants
Atriums with potted plants and fountains
Atriums with potted plants, fountains and skylights
Atriums with potted plants, fountains, skylights and escalators

Escalators,
Elevators

Buildings we look up to,
Buildings we look down from,

The office window that overlooks the park,
The revolving door in the lobby,
The nook behind the coffeemaker,
The empty stage in the concert hall

Illuminated spaces,
Elevated spaces,

The spires of the skyscrapers gleaming in the sun



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This poem is really more in the style of poems from Patterns like Pieces and Waiting, a poem built around a single word, that then goes off on many associated tangents, taking us to all kinds of things that have to do with buildings. Buildings can be intimidating, they can be inspiring, they can contain moments of significance in our lives. They can be empty spaces, or they can be frame experiences. They can seem cold and hard, or inviting and comfortable. In the end, they can serve as a metaphor for all kinds of experiences we feel each and every day as we walk around them, and indeed, live in them. estory
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