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Hearing Sigur Ros
by Bruce W Niedtspare, traveling on thin air
over land of frost and fire
brittle beauty, ready to shatter
any moment, stalactite ice
the voice, a snowflake
turns toward volcanoes
words meaning something
to glaciers and birds
organ chords erupt
rattle cliff-faces,
scrape at black lava rock
bank, swoon and settle
echoes careen off houses
into the harbor, taken up
by boats that fill their sails
with atmosphere 07/02/2003 Author's Note: [Inspired by listening to "( )", the starkly beautiful CD by Icelandic band Sigur Ros.]
Posted on 07/02/2003
Copyright © 2025 Bruce W Niedt
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Agnes Eva on 07/02/03 at 10:32 PM ooh, yes, i can definitely see this from listening to them. a very ethereal and imaginative mind image journey inspired by aural atmosphere, my favorite stuff. your poem matches their music in atmosphere, definitely |
| Posted by JD Clay on 07/06/03 at 05:18 PM Sigur Ros is the best thing to ever come out of Reykjavik and your magnificent poetics depict their essence right to the core. Simply brilliant, Bruce. Better than any review I've read to date.
Peace... |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 07/07/03 at 03:27 PM Your poem is a visual and auditory journey to strange and exciting places. Wonderful, Bruce. |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 07/10/03 at 05:58 PM I get a definite Norse feeling reading through this and combining the images Bruce. I'm always amazed out how one art form so nicely inspires another. |
| Posted by Amanda Conlogue on 07/18/03 at 04:14 AM Nice poem, beautiful word choices, I think your poem more musical than the recent release by Sigur Ros though. I was dissapointed by (). I prefer the music of the Scottish band Mogwai better. |
| Posted by Andrew S Adams on 07/18/03 at 05:14 AM hey, i'm listening to ( ) right now. this poem captures all the magnificent atmosphere associated with the music. you really do submerge the reader in the surroundings- everything is so full of life- yet so eerie and distant, but still stunning in beautiful. brilliant. congrats on potd. ~aa |
| Posted by Ann Krischus on 07/18/03 at 02:22 PM perfect. from another sigur ros fan. |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 07/19/03 at 01:46 AM Vibrant imagery, startling contrast of snowflake and volcanoes. A delicate intertwining of metaphors. Congratulations on POTD! |
| Posted by Sarah Graves on 07/22/03 at 02:54 AM I like this peice. I'll have to inquire more about Sigur Ros now. The imagery in this is so captivating. |
| Posted by Bethany Lee on 05/03/06 at 01:41 AM great words for the ethereal music... |
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