Philoetry ... ideological critiques wanted ...

Thanks for your comments ... I will likely take your advice on the brackets ... to some degree or other. I also do not like poetry that is too free form. If I did not use a simply rhyming scheme, things would get lost in abstraction.

How did you get to see this blog ... I did not see it posted on the home page ... is it only available through "search" ... not sure I posted it right.

Anyhow my main forte is Philosophy ... "thesis/treatise" type writing more in line with my conceptual nature.

This Philoetry is hopefully aimed at inspiring a thoughtful moment of philosophical intrigue ... not to be read as poetry for poetry's sake ... will include some of my book introduction here .. if you care to read ...

I try to introduce the book so that the appropriate perspective on this style can more easily be integrated into the reading experience. Again, thanks for taking the time to look it over ... these comments are exactly what I was looking for.

Day of Moon

{On the Art of Philoetry}

I have always had a contemplative, philosophical disposition, at the
core of my very nature. At one point in my life I began toying with
Poetry to help vent some of the more abstract conceptions that seem to
underlie such propensity.
This was never meant to be an actual representation of the passion of
“true poetry,” but rather my own personal guiding of some abstract
concepts into the “guise of rhyme” ... mostly for my own “intra-personal”
communication.
If I did not use a relatively simple rhyming scheme, then the already
dry and abstract nature would possibly be overbearing. Such a
format somewhat forcing me into at least some sense of conventional
focus.
I call this “Philoetry” ... {Philosophy-Poetry} ... in my internal musings;
or “daytime lunacy” ... {lunar} ...if you like ... the “sobering” of aesthetic
mellows at their seed essence. … “the enlightening of lunacy”… {day/moon}

My life’s work, in a pure Philosophical sense, tends to lean,
ultimately, more towards “treatise/thesis” type compositions. Yet without at
least a touch of some poetic sense, the communication of such
abstractions can often resonate too dry ... 'hence the need for such a
semi-serious hobby.
In the actual poems themselves I place hints of modes of understanding, usually in parentheses, to help clarify the abstract use of words and/or concepts.

I felt obliged to introduce this work along with some conceptual
guidelines ... saving another the chore of “interpreting the abstract,” to
the best of my ability.
Because of both the philosophical depth, and abstract use of language,
additional paragraphs of commentary are added in addition to the "poems” ... sort of stanza-to stanza ... although more like concept-to concept, rather then line-to-line, or word-to-word; ... semi-intentionally ... so as not to merge the two formats ... {Poetry & Philosophy} ... ‘but merely afford the conceptual link

Having a lifelong background in Philosophical thought, my life’s only
real forte, I tend to think in broad terms; readily mixing in the
Sociological with the Psychological … with the Political … with the
Economical … with the Ecological etc ... seeing many modern contemporary on-goings as never really separate from the more ancient, or even timeless philosophical principles ... as this has always been my
nature ... an intricate web-spinning scheme of varied wit ...

However the use of language may seem obtuse, even for such a purpose, and the conceptual framework is often larger and more complex then a given premise of most contemporary thought. So it tends to leave some “clueless” until some explanation of the intent affords a context .
In Philoetry, the structure follows the actual insights, and not the
other way around. The more understanding of the conceptual premise,
the easier the read.
Sort of like when reading a Haiku, or looking at Modern Abstract Art ... one sort of has to allow a "non-local" premise to help guide the insight ... “backing up” or “backing off” ... a meditative Zen “Koan” would be the epitome of such detached/dispassionate looking.

relative easy-read example of Stanza & Commentary below}

Each life “lived and loved” ... ‘fading facade
‘back into seed ... such dramatic charade
The restless future ... ‘unacquainted with past
the worship of “while” ... ‘as ever may it last

Stanza Commentary:

Life but temporary ... to the degree we accentuate is to the degree we fade
.... always back to the "zero point" … {potentiality} … of all intention ... to instigate perpetuation for it's own sake
Our desires for future gain ... at the expense of past wisdom
.... therefore present viability ... virtually elusive

The ease of reading often depends on the ability to follow the
conceptions themselves ... there sometimes being many categorical statements of variegated concerns … peers -government-environment-ecology- psychology -physics-satire-humor etc, etc ... paralleling or contrasting each other as pieces of the overall patterned work
All mere hints of a possible conceptual link ... a bit of a “thinkers read,” in this sense, although “no more than not,” at other times ... almost seeming like a regular Stanza/Poem in some cases.

This next Stanza & Commentary a bit more of an “abstracted read.”

To be “for” ... the once … ‘already “as” ... {dedication costing existentiality}
‘bluffs it’s way through ... each wriggling razz
Rooting through ... it’s own shallow mist
penetrating pain ... {of} ... ‘exploring only the “if”

Stanza Commentary:

Motivation ... at the loss of “presence” ...
... ever needing to convince oneself and others of such misconstrued passion
Trying to stabilize growth ... without depth of purpose
... the more one looks outside oneself ... in the name of probability ... one looses possibility

Some twisting around, and/or inverting of the conceptual language is
meant to add to the abstract aesthetic ... the overshadowing of the
Poetry-type format with Philosophical worth.

Inviting introspection of a progressive patterned nature … hopefully
answering it’s own intrigue, or questioning the answers in life that are
without such intrigue.
Allowing oneself to be left hanging, and yet not, both in the same
instance ... the self-answering of the ever-questioning Koan ...

The very alchemical fire of the Philosophers stone ... Zen ‘lest Tao 'lest Zen 'lest ... the ever-ongoing relationship between focus and flow ... Yoga the very art of such integration.

on more for the road .... inimal brackets

Hungering Hurt

Elegant fiend ... ‘of formative wealth
‘empire squeal ... conspiracy stealth
Sort-of … ‘sort-out ... ‘as if way to go
‘lead not … ‘nor follow ... path to “forever know”

Sensation stir ... ‘monger of might
as penance confers ... ‘of luster ‘alight
Wimpy and meek ... ‘tiger and “torn”
the hunger ... ‘the envy ... the freedom to scorn

Living as must ... ‘unjustly intrigue
‘maddening ruse ... of coercive league
Vox-populi trick ... 'mere opinion of rule
sacrament torture ... ‘upon soap-box and stool

Ponders no argument ... of vanity plush
war over all ... ‘any-every … till hush
Solitude sharing ... ‘no peace-pipe ... no joke
‘love only somber ... no caressing stoke

Melancholy muck ... ‘the fermenting of “feel” ... {emotion}
‘inspiring all action ... from passion to “kneel”
Rest it’s own fortune ... from passing-time scene
ongoing dream … ‘from “if reality” ... wean

‘Fact-of-matter "spirit" ... at the essence of “stuff”
‘and the graciousness warning ... of viabilities huff ... {pride}
Work & play union ... ‘religious yoga of such
‘offset by ones stolen ... smell, taste & touch

Balancing wobble ... “as she goes” steady
‘unless of course ... nescience already
Momentum as goal ... ‘the epitomized flux
‘of suffering death ... ‘of life-at-the-crux

Mission-grade horror ... ‘plea-bargaining plight
‘saturate lush ... with lust-only light
Principled point ... ‘of worthiness deal ...
to honor or conquer ... ‘only but meal

Pippalayana

I appreciate the encouragement and support, as I don't generally get much. Actually the word "Philoetry" came to me out of the blue one day, and I almost thought that I had "created it on the spot" ... though after doing a search I found others had came up with it before, but like you, I found it somewhat personally relevant.

I am a philosopher more than a poet by nature. A thesis or treatise is almost easier on my nature to write than a truly passionate poem ... hence my particular format / style ... the closest I seem to be able to come to compromise.

I really cannot control the length much, although I understand where you are coming from. They range from 4 stanza's to around 20 or so on occasion. I
try not to think about it much ... just write ... here and there on occasion .. see shorter sample below.

Peace of Abyss

{entheo – whiff- drifting}

Misfortune’ d cloud ‘smoked into pearl
the understood wind ‘of the by & by whirl
Reluctant-go-lucky ‘hip, cool and blown
as timeless as test ‘cured by the unknown

Mysterious measure ‘though inquired not
courted by buzz ‘though never quite ought
Thick and thin moments ‘for every tempt ‘tis there trial
the blistering blest 'lest each murderous smile

Sentenced by thought feelings, and act
‘tip-toe satisfaction amidst the peril of tact
Requires immersion ‘in and out of the mind
torturing folly ‘stoning only the blind

Softened up silly ‘by a most serious jest
incorporate culture ‘and the alternative test
Each brotherly dude unbounded and free
others mocking the innocence ‘intensity and glee

Psychedelic pain the lack of all love
‘on visionary plane 'but heavy metal dove {of phoenix & flight ... burning up weight of karma via inspiration}
Frigid and forged each alternative to this
“togetherness” warning {brotherhood} ‘lest peace of abyss

Pippalayana