there are too many
poems about coffee
and pens and diners
and longing looks
through penitent windows
and here’s another
to toss on the pile
although
it is not really about coffee
but grief
there are far too many
poems about poetry
the blithe rays of
her sunshine
through my pen
has clogged things, so
have you read enough, now
of wooden writing shacks
and pyramid schemes–
do not fret, this is not
about poets
but generosity
the pages are slipping to the floor
reams upon reams, and
I can hear you laugh
about notebooks
full of birds and clouds–
it is okay
invite me in for a coffee
for this is not about the birds
or the clouds
it is really about
homelessness
(redux, 2018)
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Terrific and powerful ending!
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Thanks, Q! Happy New Year–
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Some days I feel like my imagination has no home. A strong piece, uncomfortably close to my current feelings.
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Maybe those discomforts are something we have to feel for a little while to work things out. Thank you, Jean and happy new year to you and your family
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As usual, one can’t afford to be complacent till the last word of your poems are read. Blithe, beautiful and melancholic through and through in retrospect. What a redux!
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I appreciate this very much
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This piece is about a whole range of emotions
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Thank you, Derrick
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Interesting, I was thinking like that yesterday. There is so much of beauty and life in your words. I like how you segue at the end of your verses.
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Thank you dearly Ina and I wish you such a good year, and many kashi bars there when you need them most
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Nicely put; all I would want to add is that there is never enough poems.
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Thank you, and we agree
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This one really made me think. Thanks for sharing! I am a Creative Life Coach and have a poetry blog in case you have time to read? http://www.peacockpoetryblog.wordpress.com and I am also on Instagram as #coachingcreatively, let’s follow each other if you use this medium? Have a good day? Sam 🙂
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thank you, sure
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