Poetry by Charles Moffat

There are three things all poets talk about: Death, love and the meaning of life. This observation is no less true for Charles Moffat, a Canadian writer, artist and also a prolific poet.

In Moffat's poems he frequently uses metaphors or key words to get his meaning across. "Gossamer Lies" for example aludes to the idea that the lies are see-through and the poem itself deals with a tragic suicide of a doctor and how it effected the psyche of the doctor's only daughter.

Moffat's poetic works also sometimes appears in his fictional work, as he is apt at sneaking both poetry, riddles and love letters into his novels and short stories.

He uses the poetry in his fictional work as a narrative device to provide a metaphor for the characters/plot, or sometimes as a riddle pertaining to the plot itself.

Moffat's love letters are also quite poetic, not only because he has studied formal letter writing and traditional love letters, but also because he seems to be a true romantic at heart.

Apparently romance isn't dead. Even his one poem "Romance on a Stick" deals with the topic of whether romance is dead and he even questions whether it can also be a commodity. Would people pay for romance?

His poetry also sometimes compliments his artistic work. For example his painting "Persephone and the Pomegranate" goes quite well with the poem of the same name. Likewise roses, succubi, romance/sexuality also feature in his artistic works.

Moffat's poetic works can be grouped into several categories:
× Existential
× Political
× Psychological
× Romantic
× Whimsical

His existential works frequently deal with life, death, meaning, purpose, suicide (something he is adamantly against).

His political poetry deal more with concepts of patriotism, ignorance, warmongering and power struggles. (Moffat is also a pacifist.) ie. Naked in the Desert

His psychological works deal with largely with men, violence, loneliness, sexual lust and animal magnetism/metaphors. ie. Man's Evil Ego

In Moffat's romantic poetry he frequently uses romantic symbolism, such as roses and dancing. ie. Desolate Roses on Sunswept Gales

Sometimes he just writes whimsical poetry which has no real special meaning beyond saying something simple like thank you. ie. Thanx for the Raisin Cookies

One of his most important poems is The Sumerian Legend of Lilith, a poem which he re-translated from Hebrew because the original translation was poorly done.

Moffat is Vice President of the Toronto Poetry Club.

Charles Moffat' Poetry

A Dozen Hearts on Ice
All Alone
Angel of Bliss
Apathy
Blind Dove
Burnt Roses
Cat Eyes
Cracking Knuckles
Darling
Desolate Roses on Sunswept Gales
Element of Desire
Falling Roses
Forgotten Roses
Greatest Quest Ever
Gossamer Lies
Imperfect
Incomplete
Juxtaposed
Lonely and Neglected
Lost Wisdom Vs. Lost Love
Love Vs Lust
Man's Evil Ego
Naked in the Desert
Passion for the Poor
Pathetic Men
Persephone and the Pomegranate
Psychoanalysis of Men
Rising Sun
Romance on a Stick
Sexual Conquest
Shell Cage
Shivering
Skeletal Lovers
Smoking Candle
Smoldering Delusions
Starcrossed in Deja Vu
Steel
Stupidity Rules
Succubus
Thanx for the Raisin Cookies
The Mavericks
Tonight's Destiny
Tortured in Paradise
Unapologetic Love
Undesired Desire
Valeska
Wolf Tracks

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