Karst

Stephen Whiteside · Post by **Stephen Whiteside** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:44 am

Karst

Stephen Whiteside 27.10.2011

What is karst?
I'm glad you arst.
Landscape formed by aeons passed.

Water pelts.
Bedrock melts.
Surface drops in holes and belts.

Call them sinks,
Dolines. Me thinks
Any fancy jargon stinks.

Then again,
This old refrain
Leads to ignorance and pain.

Superego
Won't let me go.
Cavitating id and ego.

Die is cast.
It happened fast.
Brain is just another karst.

Neville Briggs · Post by **Neville Briggs** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:47 pm

I love a bit of ludic verse.

I am not sure of where the accented syllables fall in stanza 5. Sorry.

Stephen Whiteside · Post by **Stephen Whiteside** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:44 pm

SUperEgo
WON'T let ME go
CAviTAting ID and Ego

Neville Briggs · Post by **Neville Briggs** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:01 pm

Ahhh OK

Stephen Whiteside · Post by **Stephen Whiteside** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:06 pm

New word - ludic. Thanks for that.

Neville Briggs · Post by **Neville Briggs** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:16 pm

A shortened form of ludicrous, but has more of a meaning of playfully comical not the pejorative sense that ludicrous carries. ( that's my understanding )

Stephen Whiteside · Post by **Stephen Whiteside** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:30 pm

Yes, that's pretty much what I read, too.

Post by **Zondrae** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:11 pm

Stephen,

I love it

Stephen Whiteside · Post by **Stephen Whiteside** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:23 pm

Thanks, Zondrae.

ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

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