From Mein Kampf by Adolph Hitler (Chapter IV Paragraph 5)
From the very first moment
I came to love
with a feeling of youth
a thousand more things
the marvellous energy
my heart’s strings entwined
inseparably connected
inwardly contented
blessed with a feeling
for beauty
Fugitive Fragments 
You’re ace! Congratulations on being ace. From another Mike
Much appreciated Mike2 🙂
This is an interesting use of the expression, “reading between the lines.”
Very astute M.C. This schema offers the advantage of endless poetic possibilities but carries the caveat of blurred vision 🙂
I’ve linked this article to a post I have scheduled for tomorrow.
That Hitler really was an old romantic, perhaps he gets a bad rep? Great take on a grim thought process.
Thanks Ste J, it was a challenge to extract – like pulling teeth – but you know what they say about clouds and silver linings…
Love this part: “my heart’s strings entwined”
I just extracted it Benjamin, the original author wrote the words! Thanks for reading and commenting.
Congratulations you have become an alchemist.
This may be the highest honour I have ever been paid. I thank you for it Alex.
You are most welcome.
Loved this change of perspective, to lift from death speech the essence of life. Perspective, so important. Great piece of work!
Yes it has a theme of high contrast that gives it greater impact I think – thanks for your analysis and approval
You have reminded me how it feels to have “my heart’s strings entwined”. This is just beautiful, Mike.
So pleased that you connected with this piece – thank you for your kind words.
the art of elimination is a powerful thing, and you do it so well Mike – impressive once again!
My first time trying this Maria and found that it’s easier to unwrite than to write! Many thanks.
Ok then Mike, I’ll try it too…nothing better than to tread a path which has never seen your footsteps…but how easy is it to create a poem of beauty out of’ a speech of death in its subtext? 🙂
Go to Gutenburg.org Maria and pick the darkest book you can find then choose a random page. If at first you don’t succeed… well, that’s where the work starts 😀
I didn’t know about that site…thank you for your generosity Mike…I will…and of course, I would choose the darkest one 🙂
Love how you transformed this into something so celebratory and beautiful Powerful Poetry!
Glad you appreciated the intent here Becca – thank you .
It startled me that you could create beauty from that particular text of horror… But I suppose you had had a writer’s block and craved an unusual prompt?
Exactly Christy and I chose the ugliest drivil I could think of to challenge my optimistic aspiration.
Thought-provoking poem, Mike. I’ll be thinking about this all day. There’s something frightening in the way you have been able to make a thing of beauty out of the words Hitler used. The same words padded with other words make pure ugliness. The power of words. As I said, frightening.
It all comes down to the hand that holds the pen Jane and thankfully we vastly outnumber the likes of AH. The true power of words is something that you & I read everyday in poetry, not the ravings of madmen 💐
I really like your find….it is important to see the beauty within the eye of evil…
we see that in between it dims the glare of such evil…doesn’t take away but a song is found to sing ( I think he is probably spitting out his coffin nails…)
sort of tilts the scales a little I think..
Beautiful Mike…really creative and beautiful
Take Care….You Matter…
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Spitting coffin nails ROTFL Maryrose, much thanks.
Interesting experimental poem. I loved the last four verses, Mike.
Best wishes to you, Aquileana 🙂
Thanks A, I was told that this form is useful to cure Writer’s block – it’s certainly a different approach.
Nicely distilled. If only AH had found this beauty himself, amongst his own words.
Yes and you could probably say the same for many other notables K. Thank you.
superb editing! a feeling for beauty will conquer filth
And THAT friend echo sums it up. My thanks.
Incredible to find a thing of beauty from a thing of such dreadfulness – nice one, Mike .
Thanks jr and yes, the impact seems to be directly proportional to the ugliness of the source.
Genius! What a wonderful found poem, Mike. I love a mind that can find beauty in all things!
…and the darker the theme, the better the contrast. Thank you most kindly – My kids used to call me a Silver Linings Sleuth and godknows RT there are times when we’d go mad without this capacity 😀
when they were – sigh – younger
oh the irony! Enjoyed this post Mike!
That’s the word I was looking for earlier – Irony Thanks H.
“heart’s strings entwined”
you have such an eye for words
In a book like this biochicklet the positive language just leaps off the page – but then I’m a committed optimist!
yes you are – Ellen
Mike, this is brilliant. Lovely words. Your expression is timeless. The way you found the poem and put it on display is so original. You are a rock star.
Thank you! ~Audrey
You say the nicest things Audrey 😀 Glad you liked this piece of comeuppance.
I like that a lot. Hitler – consider yourself redacted, you sweet, sweet man!
Welcome to the club Dara – we’d have loved him to death. Peace.
I’m reminded of the infinite monkeys with the infinite typewriters. Give it enough time and order will come from anything.
AND for my next trick…:D
Weird origin, but a lovely poem, what a lovely idea to find beauty in filth 🙂 The book is forbidden here and I would never buy it but maybe through your eyes poetry is everywhere. Maybe Das Kapital also has some hidden poetry 🙂
The ‘found’ poem is a last resort for writer’s block Ina but I took particular pleasure in counting the times he twisted in his grave as I extracted my full measure of sarcasm from this unpleasant excuse for memoir. Yes indeed, poetry is everywhere – thanks Ina