A Bookworm Reflects

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Sat, 26 Jul 2014
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8 comments
 

Text snapped by the retina                
emailed to the brain,
recorded, considered, archived, and
when needed again,
hopefully retrievable
from memory’s vault
(if no technical fault).

Shelves stuffed with volumes    
abandoned and dusty,
musty and fusty
ideologies jaded,
fictional, cynical, faded:
years spent in scanning
transferring, imbibing –
mind cluttered with tatters,
and clogged up with garbage –
and none of the gunge really matters.

Truth is a pearl
thrice purified draught
the gasping can grasp
– revived,
(so long since I’d smiled
or chuckled, or laughed!)
released from the burden
and boredom of doom,
and wearisome gloom,
which spewed from a whirlpool
of wondering, wandering,
wriggling welter of words;
when the rubbish I’d thinned,
sun pierced the smog,
and the muddle and fog
were all binned.

 

Certificate U
Poem
Christian, Biblical
Spiritual
Philosophy

Comments

Submitted by Bee on

Rhiannon, this is brilliant in meaning and in the entertainment of word play - sound, shape rhythm and rhyme. I just love the way it sort of snakes and tumbles, trips off the tongue and is great to say out loud. 

Bee

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Bee, I did have a lot of fun wriggling round with the words! The thoughts had their origin when I was having to sleep on a Z-bed surrounded by bookshelves crammed full of books, many of them being rather of the faded, jaded, cynical, unhelpful gunge variety! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by celticman on

it's got a certain rhythmic quality that allows you to sink into the words. Not that we'll remember any of it or them, but forgetfulness is not a vice, it's just not very nice, but as we get older, the brain grows through our shoulders, hardens our veins and we can no longer remember like we did when we were wains.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I take it you enjoyed the sound of the welter of words, even if you forget them! and enjoy attempting to rhyme your comments to me!
Thank you for the cherries too, it you donated them.
Rhiannon

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Rhiannon

I too thought this was a lot of fun to read and think about. Comparing the brain to a computer makes me think mine needs a bit of maintenance these days. A spell checker would be useful, and a google function. And how nice when I can't sleep if I could just switch it off.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jean. Yes, technical faults hinder retrieving from memory's vaults from time to time, esp as we get older! Glad you enjoyed my musings around what we fill our brain with, useful or not so useful! Rhiannon
 

 

Submitted by Shannan on

... of words! Just as a Bookworm would possess :-) Very Clever! Especially like the opening stanza equating the man-made computer with our gloriously faster and bigger brains... just wish less people were letting their brains live in sleep mode. Keep well! $

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Shannan, nice to hear from you. It's finding the best and truly and eternally useful collection of words that's really important in the end, isn't it. But I do enjoy making music with words in what I'm saying where possible!
Rhiannon