Symbolic Scribbles Series #010-2

Last series #009-2 introduced us to @Laura Catanzano with her poetic reply while this series will feature new writer @seamus gilkey with his poetic reply.

Remember the joy of receiving a handwritten note or letter? 'Symbolic Scribbles Series' rekindles that magic, creating a space for poetic symbolic 'scribbles' where meaning hides in metaphors and symbols, waiting to be discovered. Each poem builds upon the last, like a literary game of telephone, where interpretations can twist and turn in unexpected ways.

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The beauty of this publication has really been unfolding, changing and shaping as we see where the symbolic translations of one takes the mind of another.

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If you’d like to see the chain of evolution check out Series #009-2 Here

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So let’s kick off Series #010-2 with

Laura Catanzano

and The Reply by

seamus gilkey

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Photo by Олег Mopos on Unsplash

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Supernova — Laura Catanzano

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it's constellations crashing- us colliding,
spellbound, enchanted
a n d b i n d e d
meteors falling to the sea

it's light exploding, cracks in darkness
your fingers wrapped around
my heartbeat, it's
supernova, you and me

it's oceans sighing, souls uniting
tides rushing towards our
k i s m e t force
even the universe can't deny

it's serendipity dripped in starlight
hieroglyphics written
before we knew, it's
sun and moon, it's you and I



©2025 Laura Catanzano

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[The Reply]

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unidentified (syllogistic) event(s) —

seamus gilkey

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part one: a fucked up probandum


so (of course) (!)
i dont have tha slightest clue
what (tha fuck) is happening
or what i can do

i mean, how (tha fuck)
could i know any thing (at all) (?!)

given whats lefta me
given whats (not) left (of me)

was that constellations crashing ?!
(or was that (just) us colliding ?)

i mean, how could i tell tha diffrence
(between things i cannot feel)
how can you say that this was that
(when you (dont) know what is real ?)

am i spellbound am i enchanted ?
how can i know what i (cannot) know
am i tha meteor ? are you tha ocean ?

are you too fast (or) am i too slow ?

how can you bind me or set me free
(am i tha meteor are you tha sea ?)

is that light exploding ?!
is that a crack in tha dark ?
(or) is that (just) yore fangers
squeezing round my heart ?

if a star goes nova
in some unknown skies
and we cant see it
with our (own) naked eyes

if tha tides are pulling
and the oceans cry
and thaires nothing here
to confirm or deny

is that serendipity
in yer pocket
or are yer hieroglyphics
(just) glad ta see me ?

everything happened
before we knew
i was tha sun

tha moon was you


part two: tha (just) (as fucked) forward pervasion


so (of course) (?)

i was gonna tell tha story
of tha first time we (ever) met

but we (never) (actually) met
now did we ?

is kismet (just) the expression
of the extremely unlikely
(actually) happening ?

i mean, i (really) hafta ask
how can we measure
the unlikelihood of
what (actually) happens ?

if no body (ever) meets
in tha forest
did they (ever)
not (actually) meet ?

if we dont have bodies
and we dont have minds

are we (forever) united
or (merely) lost in time

i dont understand how
we could both be one
when we’re both
made outta nothing
neither moon nor sun


part three: tha (twice as fucked) reverse perversion


tha moment
before i met you
i remembered tha
first time we met

when i saw we
dont have eyes and
thaire is nothing
that we can get

if thaires nothing
we can call bodies
(not)(even) bodies of light
how can we speak
of darkness (or) (even)
the absence of sight ?


part four: outside tha syllogism (completely)


(i have some questions for you)

are all absences tha same ?

does every thing that doesnt exist
occupy tha same (negative) space ?

can we plot a graph of absence ?

is time tha (wh) y axis ?

how can we meet
when we’ve (always) been one

how can we (not) meet
when we’ve (never) been none ?

if time is tha issue
what issues from time ?

if mind is tha issue
what issues from mind ?

can we (really) see
whats (never) been thaire ?

can two things

that dont exist
in tha same place
(ever) touch ?

if our absences
are inextricable

how can we not touch ?

im (more than) well aware

that bodies of light
can occupy tha
same space in time

so lets assume

these dark bodies

(just) to see

our (con)fusion

in time

ps does this count
as meeting ?
as touch ?

how would i know ?

(just wondering)

nice to meet you

(just in case)

pps what happens when
eventualities dont happen ? 



©2025 Seamus Gilkey

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