“Full Stop”

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from the ABC set Transparent mirrors.

A dash –
a semicolon;
always just a-
head of each line;
like the ‘out of bounds’ sign –
perhaps I should grow a spine.

Perhaps I should finish my sent –
Instead of conjunctions,
why not for once,
a question mark?
‘May I have this dance?’
Why not?

A drink?
Perhaps a colon:
a list of words
potentially
forming a dialogue
and a suggestive ellipsis...

or the ambiguous brackets
(a slightly tilted head),
and a long-pause
after full stop
when she just can’t help
but smile.

Nathan Bednarek 2008.

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Comments

Bradene | October 31, 2008 - 17:35

Nathan this is great! It speaks volumes and so eloquently. Well done A smashing poem . Val x

Nathan Bednarek | October 31, 2008 - 18:03

Cheers Val. I am actually very confident about this poem, but not in the arrogant way of course ;-p

Thanks for your lovely comment!

Nathan.

littleditty | October 31, 2008 - 18:44

Well done! It's great to be woo-ed by punctuation, especially a sweet question mark - good stuff Nathan :)

Nathan Bednarek | October 31, 2008 - 18:49

Thanks LD - (that is so lazy) ;-p

Yes, I agree, punctuation is vital when trying to woo someone, especially when that someone doesn't like dashes and semicolons ;-p

Nathan.

Silver Spun Sand | October 31, 2008 - 19:45

An interesting poem, Nathan, much enjoyed.

I often ask myself, when is a dash a hyphen and likewise, when is a hyphen a dash? Oh dear, I am completely befuddled;-)

Tina

Nathan Bednarek | October 31, 2008 - 19:51

Hyphen
The building will re-open in December.
This is an award-winning book.
This paint is sky-blue.

Dash
I'm thinking of going to the pub - do you want to come?

I hope this helps Tina.
Thanks for the comment ;-)

Nathan.

Ewan | October 31, 2008 - 20:35

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MistakenMagic | November 1, 2008 - 12:21

This is genius Nathan! I love the whole idea for the poem, it's so creative :) I hope this gets a cherry!

Magic xxx

Nathan Bednarek | November 1, 2008 - 13:42

Thanks Magic. I'm glad you like the poem so much ;-)
As for the cherry, I don't know, it's up to the 'cherry fairy' ;-p

Nathan.

MistakenMagic | November 2, 2008 - 15:49

Ha there it is! Told you so :)

Nathan Bednarek | November 2, 2008 - 15:52

Hehe, yep! I guess you're like a Chinese fortune cookie! ;-p

Cheers!

Nathan.

yaerink1203 | November 8, 2008 - 01:03

Gosh Nathan...
You rock!
this poem is so inspiring!
where do you get all these awesome ideas from????
I'd love to know

- Miss_Poet.

Nathan Bednarek | November 10, 2008 - 11:15

Wow, thanks Miss Poet. You're too kind.

As for my ideas, I don't really know where they come from. Sometimes I just sit down and develop them as I go along, but usually they just hit me like a train ;-p

However, I think that my inspiration mainly comes from singular moments in life rather than those big 'themes' like love, death, etc. It's the same for this poem- I focused on that one single moment when a girl smiles and then tried writing about the moments that led up to this smile.

I hope you'll find this logical ;-p

Again, thanks for your lovely comment.

Nathan.

Yazmin | November 14, 2008 - 17:17

Wow ,This is a very smart idea, I'm not suprised it was cherry-picked.
Keep writing cuz ya Know we'll Love it ;)
Love yaz xx

Nathan Bednarek | November 19, 2008 - 17:17

You're too kind Yazmin. Thanks for that lovely comment. I always value what you have to say. Love x

MistakenMagic | November 29, 2008 - 12:05

*Muscles in through throng of lady admirers*

I saw him first! :) Hello Nathan, just dropping by to find out how you're doing and when can we expect more of your beautiful poetry?

Magic xxx

Nathan Bednarek | November 29, 2008 - 12:19

Hey Magic. Nice of you to pop in ;-)

I was buried in college work for the past few weeks so I had no time to put my pen to paper. It was really frustrating, but the work is pretty much finished and I'm going to have much more time now. I promise to post something soon and catch up with all the work I missed from you, Tina, Tamara and Yazmin. That's quite a lot of catching up I have! ;-p

'Till next time!

Love, Nathan.

Caolan_le_Paddy | December 1, 2008 - 13:17

A very interesting poem and original idea I must say. If you said that to me in a bar how could I refuse ;)

Great read keep up the good work (Y)

Nathan Bednarek | December 3, 2008 - 22:28

Well well, this poem obviously made me slightly more popular ;-p

Sorry about that- just lame! Anyways, thanks for your comment, much appreciated.

Nathan.

yrene | January 4, 2009 - 14:24

Oh wow this is smoothly done! I loved it!

(^_^)
best regards,
yReNe

Nathan Bednarek | January 4, 2009 - 15:35

Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I'm glad this poem got such a great response.

Nathan.

threeleafshamrock | January 9, 2009 - 21:22

Love it! Love it! Love it! Brilliant!

Chris

Nathan Bednarek | January 9, 2009 - 23:01

And I love your comments Chris! ;-D

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