| Muses Review Poetry Winter 2006 |
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| Poem Background. I relate personally to the following poem, "Liberation." It's an example of how an intensely personal subject matter can be brought out of journal mode and into a poem that other people might find interesting. This was accomplished by using poetic devices and by bringing the world into the poem. Writing "Liberation" was terrifically therapeutic for me. I was emerging from a very bleak time in my life, thus the cracking eggshell extended metaphor. I made it the last poem in Finishing Lines (which examines the endings of many different things, people, animals, places, relationships and seasons of life) because like many endings, "Liberation" marks a beginning. --------------------------------------- Liberation by Ellaraine Lockie Source: Finishing Lines, 2005, p.46 Exhilarating energy Incredible calm Belly laughs: July Fourth explosions Foreign for four menopausal years Now come in short bursts Long enough to nerve- twitch me active After hibernation in my selfish eggshell I hatch slowly Each day cracking lost wonders Ice cream and oatmeal for breakfast English for Chinese neighbors Lunch with an editor An afternoon rest home visit A cat-in-heat night Hello sunshine! I'm 54 years old at Disneyland With the rest of my life to take rides I follow famous sisters through Tomorrow Land At 60 Colette opened a beauty salon in Paris Jackie O became a book editor Margaret Meade said The most creative force in the world is a menopausal woman with zest You haven't seen anything yet Margaret Meade ------------------------------ Editor's rating: (not yet rated) Reader's rating: (not yet rated) ------------------------------------- Poem Background. The following poem "Personal Ad" is a love poem about my home state and was previously published in Sweet Annie and Sweet Pea Review. ----------------------------------- Personal Ad by Ellaraine Lockie Montana woman wants musician who will set to song the melody of a meadowlark The metronome beat of background crickets Hushed hum from grasshoppers Flap of grass-green pheasant wings Golden wheat whispering in the wind Whoosh of cottonwood trees when fluff falls like ill-timed snow Antelope hooves hitting the ground in ancient and on-going rumble Rain that staccatos off galvanized grain bins Thunder applauding plentiful crops The sustained rest before sunrise preceding the symphony of another summer day on the plains Call (406) MON-TANA ------------------------------------- Editor's rating: (not yet rated) Reader's rating: (not yet rated) |
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| Ellaraine Lockie Poet from California |
| Rate the poems of Ellaraine Lockie: 5 = Excellent 4 = Very Good 3 = Satisfactory 2 = Lacking Depth 1 = Never Mind |
| The poems are copyrighted by Ellaraine Lockie. Poems are published in Muses Review with permission from the author. |
