I’m delighted to have three poems appearing in Posit: A Journal of Literature and Art. Many thanks to editor Susan Lewis for taking these oddities.
To get a taste of what Posit is about, read the Editor’s Notes.
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Musings on poetry, language, perception, numbers, food, and anything else that slips through the cracks.
O at the Edges 
Well done Robert, I haven’t read them yet, off to bed now, will catch up tomorrow. Cheers, from down-under.
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Thanks, Ivor. They’re a bit different from most of what I’m writing these days, but as with everything I write, are full of questions. 🙂
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Harmony on top of harmony; ‘Becoming; being;
disappearing.
If I too begin glaring at my coworkers while diminishing today I’ll revisit these 3 works for a quick rebirth. Did you write them together or discover they matched while looking for pieces to submit? They certainly feel like a family. Well done Robert.
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Thank you! “Pleasure in Absence…” was written perhaps two years after the other two, as part of a separate series, but it seemed to fit well with the batch I submitted to Posit. “At Work…” and “That Number…” were written during an poetical exploration of numbers (among other things) I was interested in.
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These are excellent pieces, Robert – and, perhaps unknowingly – That Number upon Which the Demand Lieth helped me understand why the number 3 had so much importance in the esoteric world. It was very unexpected, but a nice little surprise nonetheless.
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Thanks, Dean Jean. Numbers and their place in language and culture fascinate me. There’s so much out there that we take for granted and don’t consider.
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I agree.
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Congrats
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Thanks very much. It’s always a pleasure.
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Your welcome!!
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Congratulations on placing these absolute gems, Sir Robert! They speak to my inner (a. k. a. dormant) philosopher, which I always appreciate. 😊
“That number…” made me think of my son at a very early age, well before two, when he was just barely formulating his first sentences. Whenever he would count, he would say, “One, two…” and if there were more than two objects, he would just exclaim, “All the two of them!” (This was my favorite part about blowing bubbles for him!) Little did I know he was tapping into the ancient wisdom of the universal consciousness…
Similarly, last week, Matthew (now age 19!) opted to put his belongings on the floor at the gym instead of inside a designated cubby, and when I asked him why he didn’t put his things away, he explained, “I don’t like how hard it is to see inside the cubby. The floor is better, because it’s open on five sides.” Pleasure in absence, indeed!
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Thank you, ma’am! I love the Matthew vignettes, particularly the second one. What a unique way of perceiving the world!
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Good news. Well done, Bob.
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Thanks, Ken. I was really pleased with this acceptance, as I’d “targeted” Posit for this type of poem.
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Congrats 🙂
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Thank you.
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“Some leave a gap; others do not.” And when we start, we know not which the ending will be…(K)
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I prefer gaps!
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I usually leave them, whether intentional or not…
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Why does that feel so familiar?
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An excellent placement for your poems Robert. I particularly savoured the third one (interesting) I always enjoy the
music references, a vocabulary of my past.
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Thanks, Janice. I’m not much of a musician, but music finds its way into much of my poetry and life.
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