Technophobe that I am, I didn't imagine I could figure out how to use @DSound, anytime soon, since I was still trying to navigate planet Steemit—2 months in!
But, when a fellow poet that I admire, Daniel Pendrgraft @d-pend, wrote this beautiful, encouraging review of a poem of mine, I decided to take the plunge:
"Simply masterful, my friend. It flowed so naturally. I would love to hear it recited, have you ever considered posting simple readings to @dsound? It's quite easy to use...
But back to your piece: the wordplay was simply stunning. I love all the internal rhymes and the small tweaks (violet, violent) as well as the alliteration. For some reason, the word "candelabra" felt like a pivot point in the piece - its sound stood out to me.
This conjured the mood of a deep dream state: wonderfully abstract and subtly nightmarish, yet glimmering with a brighter sense of mystery. Thank you for this creation! It's one I will continue to study."
So, here you have my maiden voyage on DSound! I hope you enjoy this ode to imagination & dreaming with our eyes wide open. Below, are the words to my poem, if you wish to follow along:
The Night & Its Bewitching Might
the cinematic power in a drop of water
crashing against the stomach of a sink
smashing into iridescent pieces
scattering in resplendent shards
the torrid affair in the crease
of a week-old newspaper,
the tumbling creatures
in crumbling alabaster
unrealized populations materialize
undisguised before imperturbable eyes
creep in and out of a carpet pattern
once more irretrievable in the weave
come somber twilight hour
with its vanquished armies
a procession of angels, subdued
violent silver and violet diffused
a clandestine encounter
between a room and a candelabra
the four walls a shadow box
a profusion of unhinged imaginings
furtive fugitive figures
emboldened emerge
merge and converge
with a dark eloquence
a great whorl of specters
consecrating sacred pacts
enacting blasphemous acts
confidential, conspirational
monsters of darkness
huddled here or there
shoulders and knees
crammed in corners
the night, the night
with all its bewitching might
conduit for reveries
and gently taunting madness.
© Yahia Lababidi
PS - Also, today, another milestone, another small triumph: 300 followers on @Steemit :) Much gratitude, kind folks, for joining me on this exciting, challenging, enriching Journey. I hope I will continue to prove worthy of your warm attention & support!
(Cover image: Salvador Dali dream sequence appears in Alfred Hitchcock's psycho-thriller, 'Spellbound')
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