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High Resolution
by Chris Sorrenti
Feed the data into the computer
Switch into graphics mode
Suddenly Reality changes its dimensions
Making room for newfound boundaries
It doesn’t always make sense to every individual
Nor does it have to in certain minds
There’s often more to the writing and reading of language
Than what at first meets the eye
Communications sometimes can be taken at face value
Other styles more of a ‘connect the dots’
Timeless inspirations often updated in their interpretation
To be presented as brand new lines
While the majority successfully traverse
The tightrope between under and overstated
And thus obtain the largest popularity
In the end all succeed to one degree or another
In carrying out their intended purpose
© 1984
Inputted and revised © 2017
790 hits as of December 2023
12/18/2017 Author's Note: Opening poem to an earlier manuscript, titled Deep, later incorporated into the Enter Every System collection.
Posted on 12/18/2017
Copyright © 2024 Chris Sorrenti
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 12/19/17 at 03:03 PM I like the way you think about writing, language, and the writer's purpose or meaning. Your piece reminds me not only of your work but that of Phil de Pinto who takes language or words and lets them fly. He once warned me not to take the words too literally but to just sink into the words and let my imagination do the rest. I get a little of this from your poem. Thanks, my friend. |
| Posted by John Herzog on 12/19/17 at 07:19 PM This piece is way ahead of its time, with layers enough to take both at face value while leaving the mind eager to connect all the dots. Great work! |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 12/21/17 at 11:11 AM Chris, this is a fine poem, in fact right up my philosophical alley. I think the message it conveys is key to understanding what a poem actually is, for me at least, i.e.not a jail in which words are pinioned, from which to extrapolate meaning, but rather a playground in which children delve and feel alive in full measure. |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 12/21/17 at 11:16 AM I failed to mention and wish you the happiest of holidays to you and your family. |
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