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Furious Answers, by Sue Dymoke

10/16/2016

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The Answer is No, by Kay Sage (USA), 1958.
Furious Answers

The answer is definitely NO!
I don't want a hopeless sky
layered with shades of dark grey
diffusing to pale teal 
on the near horizon.

I don't want my view squared off 
limited and restricted
by blank, silent or unstretched canvas.

I want hope
I want light
sunlight and nuances of shade.

I want colour
nature
humanity.

I want 
contesting
contrasting
startling
arresting
uplifting
questioning
visions.

I want painters, photographers
carvers and engravers,
collagists and ceramicists
weavers and wordsmiths
with their delicious, 
curious, glorious, 
furious answers
to burst from the frames
set my mind on fire.

Sue Dymoke

This poem was written as part of the 20 Poem Challenge.

Sue Dymoke is Reader in Education and National Teaching Fellow at the University of Leicester, UK. Her research focuses on poetry pedagogy (for example: Dymoke, Barrs, Lambirth and Wilson, Making Poetry Happen: transforming the poetry classroom, published by Bloomsbury in 2015). Her second full poetry collection is Moon at the Park and Ride (2012, Shoestring Press) and she is published widely in poetry magazines. Sue blogs occasionally at http://suedymokepoetry.com.

3 Comments
Jane Spiro
10/18/2016 12:09:22 pm

Yes I like this poem with colour as a metaphor for hope, and all the jobs we do with colour - painters, weavers, and poets amongst them, working as they do with word colour. This seems simple in form but swells with feeling like a line of music. Lovely Sue! Thanks!

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Sue Dymoke link
11/7/2016 01:08:25 pm

Thanks for your kind comments. I'm really pleased to hear that the poem has struck a chord with you.

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Elaine Millard
1/21/2017 03:46:12 pm

Sue this is a powerfully hopeful poem. I want more of life too. More sunrises and sunsets over beautiful woods and hills, more springs in the garden, More walks on beaches in bare feet, more bustle in busy cities sharing visits to galleries, theatres and cafes with friends,. More time t o live thoughtfully. Your poem gave me space to feel more mindful and less boxed in.

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