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Riddle me this...

dybmh

דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
This one's for you @Sunstone :

Riddle me this...

Riddle me this
Riddle me that
Riddle me like a Cheshire Cat

I love the riddles
they feed my soul
the make life less a bore

sitting inside watching children at play
makes me sad, fills me with so much dismay

until

I riddle me this
and riddle me that

" What is *it* that the little child and parent and puppy dog are thinking about right now ? "​

And then I soar ...

to the heights
and I'm no longer inside

I'm outside
I'm with them
we're together as one

It's like clinging to the feet of an angel
Even though... I have none.

It's a riddle
the best of its kind.

A riddle with infinite answers.
 
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dybmh

דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
@Sunstone is still reading it, I guess ?
idk, he and I are chatting via PM, and he seems to be nocturnal due to the heat where he lives.

I'm sending him a link to this thread... I, too, was hoping for his feedback/criticisms if he had any. He's one of the best avant-garde poets I know.
 

Sunstone

De Diablo Del Fora
Premium Member
@dybmh, I love the experimentation in this one! The poem is fascinating. The metaphor of "sitting inside" is especially striking. Also, the ironic twist you give the "inside/outside" metaphor -- that's genius.

By the way, I think the poem has a great deal of truth to it. Indeed, people are relatively boring from the "outside". It's when we can see the world through their eyes -- that is, from the "inside" -- that they become engaging.
 

dybmh

דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
@dybmh, I love the experimentation in this one! The poem is fascinating. The metaphor of "sitting inside" is especially striking. Also, the ironic twist you give the "inside/outside" metaphor -- that's genius.

By the way, I think the poem has a great deal of truth to it. Indeed, people are relatively boring from the "outside". It's when we can see the world through their eyes -- that is, from the "inside" -- that they become engaging.
Being understood is good medicine.

Thank you, Sunstone. You have my sincerest gratitude from the very bottom of my soul.
 

King Phenomenon

Well-Known Member
Not bad not bad. I'm glad you like my avant-garde poetry ha ha

One thing though, I don't think a riddle can have infinite answers. Haha
 

dybmh

דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
Not bad not bad. I'm glad you like my avant-garde poetry ha ha

One thing though, I don't think a riddle can have infinite answers. Haha

If you have links to your poetry, I'd certainly like to read them. The more avante garde, the better. Maybe send me a PM?
 

Brickjectivity

Turned to Stone. Now I stretch daily.
Staff member
Premium Member
This poem took some effort and a couple of hints to start to comprehend, but I may have muddled through it. You are an upbeat and outgoing person on RF, so its interesting. It is indeed like a clue. Thank you for sharing it.
 

VoidCat

Pronouns: he/him/they/them
I found this while looking for a poem @Geoff-Allen wrote and must I say this is a wonderful poem. I liked it. I wonder...I suck at figurative language usually which is why I don't use it as much in my poetry...perhaps you might be better at that then I am? At the very least you did well here regarding figurative language...
 
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