Was born in Minneapolis, at age 26 he wrote his first poem. Dobby Gibson won the Beatrice Hawley Award in 2004 for his first book of poetry called, Polar. Dobby Gibson "free-verse poems combine lyric musicality, deconstructed aphorisms, and inventive humor"
I found a really good video of Dobby Gibson talking about what poetry means to him and his basic perception of the art form it was a real interesting video.
Poetry in Motion from Works Progress on Vimeo.
Polar: by Dobby Gibson
Like the last light
spring snowfall
that seems to arrive
from out of nowhere
and not land, exactly, anyplace,
so too do the syllables of thought
dissolve silently into the solitude
of the body in thought.
Like touching your skin,
or the first time I touched ice
and learned it was really water
and that neither were glass,
so does the jet contrail overhead
zip something closed in us,
perhaps any notion of the bluer.
Glancing sunlight,
my shoulders bearing the burden
or any theory why these birds
remain so devoted
to their own vanishing.
One store promises flowers
for all your needs,
another tells you
everything must go.
One river runs like a wound
that will never heal,
one snow falls like a medicine
that will never salve,
you the Earth, me the moon,
a subject moved in a direction
you desire, but for reasons
I believe to be my own.
spring snowfall
that seems to arrive
from out of nowhere
and not land, exactly, anyplace,
so too do the syllables of thought
dissolve silently into the solitude
of the body in thought.
Like touching your skin,
or the first time I touched ice
and learned it was really water
and that neither were glass,
so does the jet contrail overhead
zip something closed in us,
perhaps any notion of the bluer.
Glancing sunlight,
my shoulders bearing the burden
or any theory why these birds
remain so devoted
to their own vanishing.
One store promises flowers
for all your needs,
another tells you
everything must go.
One river runs like a wound
that will never heal,
one snow falls like a medicine
that will never salve,
you the Earth, me the moon,
a subject moved in a direction
you desire, but for reasons
I believe to be my own.
My Thoughts on Polar:
In my opinion Gibson provides a cold feeling and portrays the emotion of sadness, I especially like the last part of the poem where he talks about the earth and the moon. Its interesting because the moon orbits the earth and the way it orbits is really based on the way the earth is pulling it "a subject moved in a direction you desire, but for reasons I believe to be my own" This is a very good observation or way of looking at the moon and its relation to earth.More information about Dobby Gibson can be found here:
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