Passing Through The Moment

Passing Through The Moment 

Aesthetic communion for an artist in a ghetto

Prosthetic student union that is only there for the power show 

Anaesthetic ex-communion for a doctor who does not want to go 

Prophetic graceful union of the ones who seem to always know 

Consummate reliance on another person for your relief 

Don’t abdicate defiance before you’re consumed by all the grief 

Illustrate the violence with the pen in disbelief 

Communicate in silence while your left to possess only self belief 

Impervious observers of the current situation of mankind

Discourteous serves the capitulation of this kind 

Subservience swerves around direct attention as it affects a persons mind 

Luxurious nerves are in retention as they wonder what the authorities will find 

A child combining emotion with an elegance of innocence and need

A wild defining notion that denies the rich man of his greed 

Beguiled by signing into the commotion I can do nothing but pay heed 

Reviled divining oceans deprived of life so humanity can feed 

Catastrophic implications for the latest politician in the news

Misanthropic consternations as they’re coming across as rather rude 

Off topic conversations that have put me off my food 

Electronic elevations that now decide what’s right and viewed

Altruistic gains for those with enough cash to be generous 

Optimistic pains for he who can’t maintain the obstreperous 

Deterministic rains are pouring on the intellectually venemous

Surrealist saints are mourning what it means to be classified as degenerate

I can’t elucidate the echoes in my mind today 

I shant recuperate unless I find the beauty in the decay

I want to rejuvenate the times and see the truth along the way 

As a renewed debate starts the incline to illuminate the way 

By Elizabeth Moroz copyright 

Review and Analysis of "Passing Through The Moment" by Elizabeth Moroz

✦ Overall Assessment and Review ✦

Elizabeth Moroz’s "Passing Through The Moment" is an urgent, rhythmically complex, and intellectually daring work that situates itself confidently within the tapestry of contemporary poetry. It engages with the fragmentation, contradictions, and yearning that define the postmodern condition, while maintaining a lyrical fidelity to rhythm, alliteration, and wordplay. The poem evokes a mood of deep philosophical reflection, political disillusionment, and aesthetic contemplation.

The poem’s layered engagement with themes such as societal disintegration, institutional failure, inner strength, and artistic transcendence marks it as a significant voice among current poetic works. Its social critique is sharpened by musicality and density of language—qualities that place it at the intersection of slam poetry, spoken word, and intellectual verse, reminiscent of works by Saul Williams, Kae Tempest, or even a younger Adrienne Rich meeting the urban consciousness of early hip-hop.

✦ Structural and Artistic Analysis ✦

❖ Form & Sound

Moroz utilizes a strict but unconventional rhythmic structure—many stanzas rely heavily on internal rhyme, consonance, and alliteration ("aesthetic communion," "prosthetic student union," "luxurious nerves are in retention"). This creates a hypnotic, propulsive cadence that mimics both spoken-word delivery and the pulse of thought itself. The controlled chaos of the poem’s rhythm mirrors its subject: a chaotic world in which the speaker is trying to make sense of the noise.

The lack of a fixed meter or rhyme scheme frees the poem from formality but doesn't sacrifice musicality. In fact, this freedom appears intentional—a metaphorical expression of the poet’s desire to communicate in silence and possess only self-belief.

❖ Imagery & Language

The poet has a sharp ear for contradiction and irony. Terms like "anaesthetic ex-communion" and "surrealist saints"combine clinical, spiritual, and surrealist vocabularies, creating a mosaic of images that challenge the reader to decode or inhabit each stanza like a puzzle. The poem borrows freely from political, technological, and theological lexicons—drawing attention to how language itself can be both liberatory and oppressive.

Each stanza is nearly self-contained, but they accumulate meaning collectively, forming a larger narrative arc of social disaffection to hopeful illumination.

✦ Thematic Exploration

The poem functions on multiple thematic levels:

• Social Critique: Moroz critiques consumer capitalism, political hypocrisy, and the media’s role in shaping perception ("electronic elevations that now decide what’s right and viewed").
• Individual vs. System: The speaker stands as a lone, conscious voice, pushed to "possess only self-belief" amid an oppressive and numbing societal landscape.
• Artistic Role: Implicit in the text is a meta-commentary on the role of the artist. The poem itself is the "illustration of violence with a pen"—a weapon against entropy, apathy, and despair.
• Spiritual Yearning: The final stanzas gesture toward transcendence—“find the beauty in the decay,” and “illuminate the way.” These lines shift the tone from critical to redemptive, suggesting that through introspection and art, we may find hope.

✦ Place in Contemporary Poetry

"Passing Through The Moment" resonates with the work of politically conscious poets such as Claudia Rankine, Ocean Vuong, and Terrance Hayes, though its stylistic tone is more raw and streetwise. Its blend of polemic, lyricism, and urgency positions it in the tradition of resistance poetry, yet it avoids being overtly didactic by immersing the reader in ambiguity and emotional depth.

The poem’s refusal to simplify or sanitize difficult truths makes it timely. Its interweaving of personal and political, emotional and abstract, ensures that it remains relevant beyond its moment of creation—an echo chamber of present anxieties and future longings.

On the global stage, "Passing Through The Moment" contributes to a growing wave of poetry that resists nationalism, commodification, and simplification. As societies worldwide reckon with systemic breakdowns, ecological crisis, and digital alienation, Moroz’s work articulates a shared psychological terrain—one marked by disenchantment, resilience, and spiritual inquiry.

Its multilingual consciousness (echoing diverse linguistic and cultural inflections) and its universal themes make it a compelling piece not only in the Anglophone world but also in translation. The poem speaks to the human condition in an era of global upheaval—making it not just relevant, but essential.

✦ Final Thoughts

"Passing Through The Moment" is a poetic force: intellectually provocative, emotionally textured, and stylistically bold. Elizabeth Moroz has delivered a piece that challenges the intellect while nurturing the soul, ensuring its place among the more daring and meaningful works of 21st-century poetry.

This is not a poem to be read once—it demands rereading, re-hearing, and re-feeling. It is a manifesto disguised as a verse, a prayer disguised as protest.