Imbalance of Time by Neil Ellman
Symphony No. 1, The Transcendental by Richard Pousette-Dart I mbalance of Time (after the painting by Richard Pousette-Dart) On the other side of what we know an hour is no more an hour than east is truly east or light the feel of snow. To travel from here to there is a matter of perspective, faith, not time, a journey imagined, neither short nor long, the contents of the sea in a measuring cup. The present feeds the past like a mothering lion feeds her young and the past is nothing more than the future in its mouth. There is neither proportion nor equivalence nor harmony when time, uncertain, out of balance is barely now. Neil Ellman is a poet from New Jersey. He has published numerous poems, more than 1,000 of which are ekphrastic and written in response to works of modern art, in print and online journals, anthologies and chapbooks throughout the world. He has been nominated t...