Thursday, August 26, 2010

A Poem for Linda

Linda from Arizona 'gets' me. I don't know how or why that is the case, but I always feel she understands, plus she remembers details that sometimes I forget about myself. Her support and presence is a gift I very much appreciate. So when she told me it was time to write a happy poem, that's what I've done.
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I'm looking for a title for this poem. In fact, I will award my choice of the best title with a little surprise something. My visitors here are a creative bunch, so please have a go at if if you don't mind!

Untitled for the Time Being
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If I were to write a happy poem
Who I wonder would wish to comb
Through my words and find themselves
Dancing with me like little elves?
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Is determination all I need
To fill nourish and sometimes feed
The ghosts that prey upon my feet
Scaring me with tales complete
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Of mean and nasty lima beans,
Friends who don’t do what they mean?
Those who play at giving thanks
Without a thought to broken banks?
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I have good accounts with full deposits
No miserable skeletons in my own closets.
So why the need to understand
When someone chooses not to land
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In territory real and true
Why not turn the other shoe
And kick your heels toward better times
Where loving folks wait in the vines?
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Where there is play and micron pens
No blemishes there from start to end.
You have enough, god knows you do
So now just look at what is true.
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Bless the rest,
Pass the test.
Look beyond
A sad wrong song.
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It had the words but lacked the tune
It’s time to wander elsewhere soon
Move on to where life is rich
And there’s no room for witch or bitch!
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Okay, Linda, I wrote the words
That sing and have no silly turds.
I hope I’ve carved this poem just right
So life becomes a sweet delight.

10 comments:

  1. Awww, so sweet and lovely! Hi, KJ :)
    Just popping by to say hello and send you love! I love the picture of you with the sun rises :) You look happy and beautiful!

    As for the title...hmmmmmmm, I have to think. It is a wonderful poem for Linda....Maybe just "For Linda" :)
    Like FurElise...it is actually "for Elise" but was misconstrued through the years.

    Good to see you! Hugs and Well Wishes!
    Kelly

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  2. I love this Kj! I think the title is in the poem,"Bless the Rest".
    Can't I rig this some way so I can win? :-).xoxo

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  3. How about "happiness is a warm poem?"


    Or maybe "A ditty-do for Linda-Lou"
    Too cutesy.

    "Lyrical Ramblings?"

    "Beethoven's 5th.?"
    Shit! That's taken.

    OH! "It was a dark and stormy night!"
    Hmmm. I've heard that before and it still sounds sophomoric. ;P

    Okay. Give me a minute.

    "A Letter To A Friend."

    Okay. I'm done. I like that one.

    I love contests! Did I win anything?

    xoxoxo
    Love,
    lo ♥

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  4. I like this line a lot: Why not turn the other shoe
    And kick your heels toward better times

    A title then? "The Other Shoe"

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  5. I can't think of a title! Arrrgh! My part-time cleverness has deserted me. :) What a wonderful poem for a friend. xox!! Pam

    PS My word vert is 'forstru'. Kinda like 'for you'. Maybe that's the title!

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  6. hello kelly, thank you for coming by. happy and beautiful? why thank you, please come by more often! :)

    annie, that is a super title! you are going to be hard to beat!

    lo, thank you for all these suggestions, but i must tell you annie is in the lead. :)

    lynn, thank you. i like this too. (not to make annie nervous...) i always like it when a line or two of what i write is singled out. thank you ♥

    dear prudie1, hard news on renee's blog tonight. damn. xoxo

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  7. Annie may have the lead, but did I at least make you laugh?
    Because I was truly cracking myself up!

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  8. lo, you always crack me up!! you are one clever girl.

    heeheeheehaheehahahee!

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  9. delightful and soulful... that's what this poem is!
    :)

    really enjoyed reading it...

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  10. Ah kj, LOVE the poem. The word that stands out to me the most, and what i would name this poem is Enough.
    I like that word.

    love you,
    lori

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