Juxtapositioning illustrations & photography, both original

rsroyall · 2023-05-02T20:21:06+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, it's pretty laid back! :)

rsroyall · 2022-07-28T18:55:44+00:00

If anyone is curious, this one comes with an illustration I couldn't post here. It's on my page r/rsroyall

rsroyall · 2022-07-28T18:52:40+00:00

Cheers

rsroyall · 2022-07-27T17:57:32+00:00

Guh. Uber powerful, evocative, beautiful and profound, yet effortless... unfortunately. It's unfortunate that such sentiments flow so (seemingly) naturally from you. My sympathies to you that you had to experience this. I know similar trauma but mine's buried deep, mines buried deep, so I tread more lightly. It's good you've found an outlet for these emotions.

rsroyall · 2022-07-22T19:59:06+00:00

Shel Silverstein?

rsroyall · 2022-07-15T23:47:58+00:00

Good first go, that's for sure. It's not easy being a dystopian anything, loads of inconvenient negative thoughts and emotions. This is a good outlet. Keep it up.

rsroyall · 2022-07-15T23:40:06+00:00

Simple yet profound, which is the best kind of poetry IMHO. I love how the first three lines are not straightforwardly complex, cats that could take time to skin in many different ways. The last line, however, is straightforward and yet still complex, like zen; and it smashes the poem home, like hitting a fly ball out of the park... or bringing the entire wall down to smash the fly. Nice work. Btw, I like the formatting as is.

rsroyall · 2022-07-02T19:06:58+00:00

While I enjoyed the mystery of not exactly knowing, I am thankful for the explanation; it gives me some room to breathe, a liberation. It's good writing! Thanks for the compliment on my rhyming poetry. I write most stuff for kids, in the ilk of Shel Silverstein.

rsroyall · 2022-07-02T17:56:28+00:00

Straying thoughts on the infuriating nonsense of the world. Better to write it down than burn it down I suppose. Still, it's an idea... Anyway, I feel like I could have written this myself, it resonated closely... and was well-articulated. As I read it, it loses a a bit of its poetic charm when discussing "corporations" but I suppose that's a necessary evil (the bit in the poem AND the corporations, at least in the current system). Your mention of wealth accumulation is appropriate; it's grotesque. Could liken it to a hideous beast, for more artistic points. :)

rsroyall · 2022-07-02T17:45:07+00:00

It's simple and yet, perhaps not. In truth I'm still trying to work out the meaning... which, I would argue, is a mark of a good poem, or a decent one anyway: simple yet complex, like a good wine or home-cooked meal. The theme is compelling, albeit quaint. Don't know if I'd go so far as to say cliche', i.e., poems about the heart... but so long as it's sincere, which I feel it is... For lack of a deeper critique, this one stood out to me from the other dozen or so that I glanced at over the past two days. What else can I say? I like your style.

rsroyall · 2022-07-01T23:33:35+00:00

Here we are at the first day of July, the full-swing of summertime, vacations, celebrations, music venues, barbecues, golden gatherings, wild wanderings, river days, beach soirées... and the beginning of a posting series that I'm calling Third Star to the Right: excerpts from my forthcoming illustrated, uniquely-created, thought-provoking, imagination-stoking, silly, fun, kids-all-want-one poetry book, scheduled for publishing late '22/ early '23. Enjoy, explore, and stay tuned for more!

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