A Poet Answers

By MarciaMarcia

Wed, 18 Nov 2015
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answer

 

are not memories

words  of scented

color sensed lights 

sound

lingered

with time

lapsed

proof

that rarest of beauty's 

chanced existance

becomes 

distanced

chance

that was...that is

still

in spite of not

 

perceived sparks

haze

within hesitation

yet

flicker

thoughts

word's

brighend lights

real

reeled

 

film

remains played

run on

lived

not stilled

 

felt again

within

now's

dream 

sensed

lives again

 

why not then...there

at first's

recall 

mount

at the crossroads

and ride

                                                Marcia Marcia     December 2014

                        response to Lavadis

                         "at the crossroads"

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Comments

Submitted by MarciaMarcia on

Does my responding in kind sit well with you

or delete

will do

Submitted by lavadis on

Well I am very flattered that you have thought so much about that poem. I wrote it about 20 years ago and it was one of the first I posted on ABCtales. I still like it very much - it is very personal to me. It is about being indecisive which at the time I was - painfully. It took a series of events to shock me in yo action - actually it took me reaching rock bottom. I do not know what your poem is about but that is my shortcoming not yours. Perhaps it doesn't have a meaning but it is just word patterns which is fine. My style is very literal whereas you allow your words to fly in a sort of new wave jazz. Thank you again Marcia - I am flattered 

 

Submitted by MarciaMarcia on

No shortcomings at all. My response is about how we all, are stopped at crossroads In our lives and opportunities passed by, can still resonate with us, long after the event; like a reel of old movie film, that keeps playing, over and over again. In retrospect, maybe we should have taken the chance of the unknown and gotten on the horse. In the future we will take the ride. 

I do like new wave jazz.  Thank you for your candidness. 

Submitted by MarciaMarcia on