“Unveiling the Canvas of Emotion: JD DeHart’s Poetic Journey Through Art”
In a world brimming with the chatter of everyday life—baseball cards, youthful crushes, and the mundane rituals of existence—there stands a voice that dares to weave intricacy into the fabric of simplicity. This poem draws us into a reflective space where the poet, an open shirt and journal in hand, becomes both observer and participant, capturing fleeting moments and uncradled thoughts. The contrast is striking: while the crowd engages in their banal exchanges, our scribe strung together metaphors that hint at greater depths of experience, imagining a future filled with the poetic allure of expatriate Parisians and thought-provoking prophets. Isn’t it fascinating how the inner dialogues of one can illuminate the outer chaos around us? Come along as we delve into this beautiful exploration of being both an insider and an outsider—the allure of capturing life’s essence in written words. LEARN MORE.
I was the open shirt
and the journal palm,
not a pair of wings,
the recorder of passersby.
They did not know what
to do with me. I strung
together metaphors while
they talked about baseball
cards. While they volleyed
juvenile experiences of lust,
I read the thoughts of
expatriate Parisians, sarcastic
polarizing prophets, and poems
balanced on an image. Popping
in compact discs, I imagined
the world I might one day
engage in, sketched in pencil.
