Letters and Diary Poetry posted January 8, 2018 Chapters:  ...10 11 -12- 13 


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sand outside the hourglass

by michaelcahill


sand outside the hourglass

 
 
floating
away
 
available
 
seeking the possibility
of you
 
I understand distance
scholastically
intellectually
logistically
 
I get daunting
and tasks beyond
me
 
but I'm not beyond
touching stars
when they are right
there
before me
 
why not jump from
one
to another
 
if I perceive
I should believe
with the faith
of a wraith
 
but no
it's the blood flowing
and the oxygen sought
and the strain
on muscle
and the tensile strength
of tendon and sinew
and simple want
that paralyzes
 
I leave that all behind
 
and
 
I
 
seek you
 
could you possibly
be anywhere
I might look
 
is any of this
sense
to you
 
you
 
not the seashell
I might hold to my ear
to hear you say those words
you won't ever say
 
no
 
the rhythm of waves
crashing the shore
receding
and crashing again
 
what could a cloud
possibly do
to join
such a task
 
it begins
by hurling
headlong
into a mountain top
 
thus impaled
it rests
and waits for providence
 
upon seeing the light
it weeps for the truth of it
 
thus
oceans are filled
and perhaps
there is anger
at a reverie disturbed
 
there are many shores
 
I don't apologize
for being foolish
 
clownfish don't choose
the ocean
 
still
 
when washed up on the beach
last breaths
 
seek

 




I love doing this, what can I say? Attempt number two of ... ?

Here's a link to my first entry "Comet" if you're interested, click HERE

HERE is the challenge us Fabulous Free Versers were given. You are ALL invited to join up and participate. You'd be surprised what you can do ... but we wouldn't. :))

You are challenged to write a ten-minute free verse poem. Here are the rules: You are NOT to think about what you are writing about before beginning your write. You are not to edit your write when you are finished. I want you to clear your mind, look at your watch or clock, note the time and start writing. When ten-minutes have passed ... stop writing. THAT is your piece. Post it. :)) Some people write like this as a rule. Of course, most DO edit and pick and choose what they keep in the write. This time we don't want to do so. For those of you who've never written like this, I think you may be surprised at how creative you are "under the gun". Some of the most compelling poetry is often difficult to explain, however, upon reading, feelings are induced in the reader and the mind is often thrown into deep thought. There is great value in that, often as much as there is in concise, easy to understand pieces. My opinion, of course. In any case. This is our challenge. I hope you'll all give it a try.

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