Monday 17 September 2007

afterthought---Monday Poetry Train

I often picture myself
lolling on grass, staring at the sky-
longing to submerge myself in the vast island of
seemingly nothingness.

where stars romance with me,
I touch the sun along with the moon
with other celestial bodies thrown in good measure;
away from the banality
of routine.

such a place where
anonymity gets to be so much a part
striking individuality, striving even further to exist
with determination
and dignity.

as an afterthought
that reminds me, ennui setting in,
apparently, for no reason, I have been bored
with you of late.

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10 comments:

  1. "as an afterthought
    that reminds me, ennui setting in,
    apparently, for no reason, I have been bored
    with you of late."

    Great ending! I also loved:
    "staring at the sky-
    longing to submerge myself"

    I've never thought of the sky and 'submerge' together, which makes your image so original.

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  2. Oops! This one has a sting in its tail.

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  3. Yes, a biting ending. Seeing the vast nothingness tends to do that.

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  4. I'm with the rest of them, GREAT ending. Really enjoyed it.

    Anna J. Evans

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  5. Going to sound like a broken record here, but I'm with the rest. The ending is my favorite part of this poem.

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  6. it is my experience too that return to the mundane after a cosmic consciousness experience

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  7. I love the ending, of course. I so get it; that's how I felt about so many of the guys I dated. Always yearning for bigger and better and then coming back to Earth and stopping and ... yeah. That was the end of things, all right.

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  8. Awesome poem. Love the ending.

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  9. I found it sad that there is afterthought about that simple thing.

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  10. Very descriptive I could see it very clearly in my head. Well done.

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