I like this poem, and I like the idea of republishing things we've had in the drawer a long while. The deserve the fresh air, like putting clothes out on the line for an airing. Like you, my viewpoint today is different than it was when I wrote my little gems so long ago. I think I'll follow your lead, and soon. The message of poetry - and the challenge writing it, is not the verbosity of our prose, but the minimalist 'taking away all the not-necessary, leaving the skeleton of truth we are usually too busy reading the whole of something' that we miss the root of something. Cheers, Mark
I can see a younger version of you in this. But I really enjoyed it and found myself reading it multiple times.
Glad you enjoyed it, Jim!
Your gift of expressing yourself through the written word is a rich blessing for you.
Thanks, Bon.
Great piece. And thanks for the inspiration. I've got some gems I might want to re-publish too! and I love that photo!
Thanks, Mark. I’m glad that you have some gems squirreled away! Let’s see them.
Thankful that something shifted for you.
Yeah, me too.
I like this poem, and I like the idea of republishing things we've had in the drawer a long while. The deserve the fresh air, like putting clothes out on the line for an airing. Like you, my viewpoint today is different than it was when I wrote my little gems so long ago. I think I'll follow your lead, and soon. The message of poetry - and the challenge writing it, is not the verbosity of our prose, but the minimalist 'taking away all the not-necessary, leaving the skeleton of truth we are usually too busy reading the whole of something' that we miss the root of something. Cheers, Mark