The Dark Side by Paul
Howlett
1 The dark side of life
2 A move to the left
3 Do we have the right
4 To be good and bad
5 Do people take a walk
6 A walk to the wild side
7 Do we need the fact
8 That life is not on tract
9 Finding things about ourselves
10 Darkside of our character
11 That scares the soul
12 Clinging to the truth
13 Finding the light
14 Shining so bright
15 Cleaning the spirit
16 Making us whole
17 Unity is the answer
18 Blending the good
19 Blending the bad
20 Forgetting the duality
21 Becoming whole, healthy
22 Loving life with a smile
23 Seeking the good
24 Making our way
25 And seeking to be
26 Happy, happy with life!!
The reason that I have gone back and numbered all the lines in this poem is that I received some (a lot) of interesting comments and feedback from an old friend of mine, (Rev. Rick Anderson). He is not on the Internet so I have been printing out my poems and mailing them to him for time to time (together with other items). Here is some of the comments that Rick wrote:
"...it does fit into a (what I would call) "Concerto". By this I mean, it starts on a gentle note (lines 1 -3) then progresses into a louder and louder movement (lines 4 - 11), evens out on a plateau (lines 12-15), then takes a louder, more profound, percussion type climax (lines 16-20). Then, after all this dramatic and empathic music, concludes like a pastoral symphony or movement with a "Mantric" feel leaving the listener calm and hopeful and satisfied, after a dramatic /symphony that encapsulates the spectrum of emotion."
The reason that I have gone back and numbered all the lines in this poem is that I received some (a lot) of interesting comments and feedback from an old friend of mine, (Rev. Rick Anderson). He is not on the Internet so I have been printing out my poems and mailing them to him for time to time (together with other items). Here is some of the comments that Rick wrote:
"...it does fit into a (what I would call) "Concerto". By this I mean, it starts on a gentle note (lines 1 -3) then progresses into a louder and louder movement (lines 4 - 11), evens out on a plateau (lines 12-15), then takes a louder, more profound, percussion type climax (lines 16-20). Then, after all this dramatic and empathic music, concludes like a pastoral symphony or movement with a "Mantric" feel leaving the listener calm and hopeful and satisfied, after a dramatic /symphony that encapsulates the spectrum of emotion."
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