Bin Day

Gold cherry

By Bee

Thu, 30 Apr 2015
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25 comments
 

Thursday is bin day
I hear the early drums announce
collection and wonder 
how many more...

only the beginning 
of the great unknown
advancing into my brain
like a slow train of recognition.

How many springs will bluster, 
blossoming in and out; 
yellow daffs fading
in otherwise empty beds
before Summer spreads

her glorious gown
across the warming earth,
and Autumn sheds 
her golden robe;

till Winter saunters in for me,
cold? Seems important to know
The drums are distancing -
for now... Another Thursday

I should throw 
these ugly thoughts away;
questions, unanswerable
as yet, chucked out

like discarded living.
The no longer wanted,
not needed,
unused,
uneaten,
wasted.

This is rubbish. 

Certificate 12
Poem

Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

they do sound just like drums don't they!

 

Submitted by Bee on

They do, insert. Thank you.

Bee

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Clear the rubbish, but fill in with hope instead - for the world of no rubbish, pain, disaster … Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Bee on

Kind and wise advice, Rhiannon. Thank you.

Bee

Submitted by london_calling79 on

The bluntness of the title flows through the peice. Loved it!

 

Submitted by Bee on

Thanks LC.

Bee

Submitted by Bee on

smiley - for cherries.

Thank you.

Bee

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

You are right, chuck out those ugly thoughts, somehow they seem to cling on.  Yet another wonderful poem.

Submitted by Bee on

Thanks Philip. I'll try.

Bee

Submitted by VeraClark on

We putrefy our thoughts sometimes - particularly anxious ones that are unresolvable immediately. Your bins echo this brain junk and as the season turns a full scenic cycle, there's a deep sense of unrest in the squalor. Beautifully conveyed.

 

Submitted by Bee on

Thank you Vera. As usual, you saw so much of what was intended.

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Wonderful, Bee...anything but a load of old rubbish.smiley

Cherries richly deserved.

Tina

 

Submitted by Bee on

Thank you Tina.

Bee

Submitted by Ed Crane on

I like this

I certainly can connect to the sentiments.

Ed

 

Submitted by Bee on

Thanks ED. 

Bee

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Bee

Another beautiful and meaningful poem - with advice for us all to value what is important in our lives.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Bee on

Thank you Jean.

Bee

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

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Submitted by Bee on

Thanks insert - lovely surprise !

Bee

Submitted by celticman on

not rubbish at all. Musing on what it is to be on a day, among others, when everything slips away. 

 

Submitted by Bee on

Thanks CM. Nice comment.

Bee

Submitted by scratch on

This is GREAT!

 

Submitted by Bee on

Thanks scratch

Bee

Submitted by Ed Crane on

 

 

Submitted by Bee on

Thanks for your support, Ed.

Bee