Drinking Alcohol taught me how to fly
Then it took away the sky....

Monday, December 3, 2012

LOVING and JOKING--a poem


Posted for
dVerse Poets Pub
Open Link Night
Week #73
(Starts Tuesday at 3 PM Eastern)  



“While I'm writing, I'm far away;
and when I come back, I've gone.”
Pablo Neruda


simply a POEM

my darling!
light lit
radiant, yet dim.
blue bulb
‘veScent aglow

you waiting 
by window
moon--fullest
And we,
blissly blest

"goodbye?" no.
more  apropos--
“hello!”

our shadows spoke
I listened,
finally, broke', 

stepped away...
(here comes a joke!)

like old Peep
who sold seed.

“These special seeds
Grow at such speeds,”
Say Shadow-Peep to me.

“Throw them on the ground
And JUMP BACK OUT OF THE WAY!”

OK? fair warning.

Back to story of mine
(and yours—sublime?)
One hour, one day
at a time
I shall write
And tonight,
saddest poem of all:

 “I loved you
and sometimes... 
you loved me too.


I LOVE these two
Neruda quotes,
especially the one at top!
(And also the one at bottom--grin!)

21 comments:

  1. A sad poem, but truly felt, I think. That is even sadder.
    Love may rust, may need some polishing, somehow, in my brain, love cannot vanish.
    Love is not a door to walk in and out of.
    Change of heart, change of direction, yes.
    However,when you loved, you did love,that cannot be changed.
    Peace, long-lasting peace to you.

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  2. we blissfully blessed...is there any other way to be? its a blessing to be loved isnt it...smiles...hellos are much better than goodbyes as well...travel on peep...

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  3. This is really beautiful ... take care my friend !!!

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  4. i love the neruda quotes as well...esp. the first one...and don't stop traveling steve...love is a beautiful and precious thing..

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  5. The seeds grow so fast.

    Become lines of letters.

    And they speak.

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  6. Aah, you so took me there...how well you blended in Neruda.

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  7. A blessing it is indeed, and many a travel will come due from it. Great quotes too!

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  8. Great quotes and great thoughts my friend . Love and Peace to you.

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  9. I like saying hello and waiting by the window ~

    Neruda is such an inspiration ~ I have written some poems (as Heaven in another blog) under Neruda's magic words ~

    Have a good week Steve ~

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  10. You've got a little candle glowing there. k.

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  11. "our shadows spoke
    I listened,
    finally, broke" beautiful phrasing.

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  12. I love the hope of people in moonlight- thanks.

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  13. “Throw them on the ground
    And JUMP BACK OUT OF THE WAY!”


    I so get this!


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    1. HA! I found you! You're the one with that sense of humor so lacking in our world. Thank you Laurie for responding!

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  14. "light lit
    radiant...."
    Words to be spoken.

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    1. As I visited your blog,
      I found myself being
      lost in the interesting
      conceptual writing
      found there.

      PEACE!

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  15. “I loved you
    and sometimes...
    you loved me too.”
    While I'm writing, I'm far away;
    and when I come back, I've gone.

    you are not a little ols peep
    and the seed you sold
    grew grew so far a distance

    love u 2

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    1. Where the sold seed sowed
      No way weeds growed
      There, wherever, whoever reaps
      They must be some happy Peeps.

      Thank you, Canary-Peep!

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