Foundku quartet: Gatsby Series #7

For a moment 

a phrase tried 

to take shape 

my mouth and 

my lips parted 

like a dumb man’s

So we beat on

boats against 

the current 

borne back 

Ceaselessly 

into the past

and his dream 

must have seemed 

so close that 

he could hardly 

fail to grasp it

“thirty,” I said. 

“I’m five years 

too old to 

lie to myself 

and call it honor.”

part of a continuing series of "foundku" based upon "The Great Gatsby"

Foundku trio: Gatsby Series #6

It was full of money—

that was the 

inexhaustible 

charm that rose and fell

And their faces 

were touching 

except for a 

pale thin ray of 

moonlight between

suck on the pap 

of life and gulp down 

the incomparable 

milk of wonder

part of a continuing series of "foundku" based upon "The Great Gatsby"

Foundku trio: Gatsby Series #5

Promise 

that the rock 

of the world 

was founded 

securely 

on a fairy’s wing

a meaning 

in each word 

that it had never 

had before and 

would never have

Gatsby saw 

that the blocks 

of the sidewalk 

really formed 

a ladder

And mounted

part of a continuing series of "foundku" based upon "The Great Gatsby"

Foundku trio: Gatsby Series #4

drowsiness

closed down upon 

some vivid scene 

with an oblivious 

embrace

a satisfactory 

hint of the 

unreality 

of reality

he had been 

very slowly 

bending toward her 

to attain 

this proximity

part of a continuing series of "foundku" based upon "The Great Gatsby"

Foundku trio: Gatsby Series #3

And happy; 

I think I 

walked into 

a deep sleep 

as I entered 

my front door

But Daisy 

glanced up and 

held out her hand; 

Gatsby didn’t 

know me now at all.

If you want to 

kiss me any time 

during the 

evening

just let me know 

part of a continuing series of "foundku" based upon "The Great Gatsby"

Foundku trio: Gatsby Series #2

With the 100th anniversary of the publication of "The Great Gatsby" exercising the synapses with a rereading, it was originally read in school many years ago, I am finding unintentional sherku in Fitzgerald's writing.  Unintentional simply because I was not anywhere near him at that time or era, nor had the sherku idea occurred to me so I could share it, and he could write accordingly.

 

 

Reach me a rose

honey, and pour me

a last drop

into that there

crystal glass

 

the first time

in its first wild 

promise of 

all the mystery 

and the beauty

 

A universe 

of ineffable 

gaudiness 

spun itself 

out in his brain 

 

Part 1 of this series can be found ->

https://www.quietpoet.com/2025/04/foundku-trio.html

Foundku trio: Gatsby Series #1

With the 100th anniversary of the publication of "The Great Gatsby" exercising the synapses with a rereading, it was originally read in school many years ago, and finding unintentional sherku in Fitzgerald's writing.  Unintentional simply because I was not anywhere near him at that time, nor had the sherku idea occurred to me so I could share it and he could write accordingly.

A baby act

in costume,

champagne served 

in glasses 

bigger than 

finger-bowls

One of those

rare smiles,

the whole world

for an instant,

at that point

it vanished

Slow-thinking 

and full of 

interior 

rules, that act 

as brakes on 

my desires

Thanks to CB for the idea to revisit Gatsby 

sherku: dance

I don’t want 
to rest in peace
I want to dance
Dance in joy 
Dance in the graveyard

Really a "foundku" as most of the words are from the song by Irish music group Runa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW22OENmX40

sherku: meaning

Lyra finds that
"Everything
has a meaning,
if only
we could read it"


A 'foundku', that is a sherku mostly found in other writing. This from @PhilipPullman "Lyra's Oxford"  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UZJQL4/

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/shersteve/status/1213520242841980935