Hahaha I actually thought of it like a bruise too but it gave me a different feeling in your poem - more akin to blooming/blushing. So I felt like the reclamation worked.
The grasshopper poem won’t be making it into any of my work. But I could probably get a boingy-springy sound using the modular with a low-frequency oscillator modulating a filter with a high resonance! So that’s something.
Whether intentional or not, “this purpling world” was also used by EE Cummings. Not sure if he initiated it or just borrowed it himself. I too had stolen that phrase for a currently-unfinished song. Quite a wonderful image.
I love the “blushing unconditionally” that feels like a reflection of the world’s beauty — gorgeous regardless of observation.
I had no idea! When I think of purpling I typically think of a bruise which kinda ties back into the first "stanza" but then wanted to reclaim it/nuance it a bit with the beauty of a lavender plume. You and EE... I'm in good company :)
Hahaha I actually thought of it like a bruise too but it gave me a different feeling in your poem - more akin to blooming/blushing. So I felt like the reclamation worked.
The grasshopper poem won’t be making it into any of my work. But I could probably get a boingy-springy sound using the modular with a low-frequency oscillator modulating a filter with a high resonance! So that’s something.
Whether intentional or not, “this purpling world” was also used by EE Cummings. Not sure if he initiated it or just borrowed it himself. I too had stolen that phrase for a currently-unfinished song. Quite a wonderful image.
I love the “blushing unconditionally” that feels like a reflection of the world’s beauty — gorgeous regardless of observation.
I had no idea! When I think of purpling I typically think of a bruise which kinda ties back into the first "stanza" but then wanted to reclaim it/nuance it a bit with the beauty of a lavender plume. You and EE... I'm in good company :)
Can't wait to see how Grasshopper shows up in a future song of yours: https://poets.org/poem/r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-g-r