Dear Poetic Idea
You rode the tip of my hippocampus
For over an hour before I lost you
I almost caught you lurking
In the shrubbery of my synapses
Someone said they saw you
Hiding out in the cerebellum
Yoga studio posing as a guru
Reports have you overindulging
In the olfactory bulb garden
Getting high on the lilt of lilac
I even thought I heard you
Drumming to the heart
Of my medulla oblongata
Now the trail is cold
Send in Holmes to deduce
Poirot to search the little grey cells
It’s become annoying
You’re the crank call in the middle of the night
The bad kitten who will scratch an extended hand
A wordle missing three letters
A Brinks truck arriving empty
Please come back
Step into the light of my occipital lobe
I’ll throw you a party
Bake a cake
Hold a parade
Just sign on the dotted line
You beautiful wayward thought
I could make you a star
21 thoughts on "Dear Poetic Idea"
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Pulled me right in with “You rode the tip of my hippocampus/
For over an hour before I lost you”.
Brought to mind a C.D. Wright poem where a clot of a poem breaks off…
Great Ars Poetica.
Thank you, Elaine! I am enjoying your poems this June!
This is amazing, Sylvia – Brava!!! I agree with Elaine; that first line – especially the verb, hooked me. After that I was all in for the ride!!
Thank you, Nancy. This poem started out being about Tinkerbell and Captain Hook. Not sure how it wandered here! Maybe Tinkerbell will chime in tomorrow.
I think this piece will speak to all the writers and poets out there. Intelligently crafted.
Thank you, Eric, for reading and commenting! So happy to be reading your work this June.
Love these June ars poetica poems!
Thank you, Paulette! Just read your birdsong poem. Lovely!
Wonderful poem. My favorite verse is:
Reports have you overindulging
In the olfactory bulb garden
Getting high on the lilt of lilac.
I absolutely adore lilacs, and they follow me through many poems. Thank you, John!
I swoon to “medulla oblongata.” That’s all I’m going to say.
LOL!
Love this anatomy lesson of the brain!
Had to do research! Thanks, Linda!
Why do they always have to do that?! (I love this poem!)
I know! Right? Thanks, Chelsie!
great depiction of the poets’ bane,
but no matter what happens we must all swear to never use AI for ideas.
Thanks, Jim. I agree. No fun in AI. What’s the point?
Love it, Sylvia!!
Thank you, Joseph! Good to read your work again.
Clever, entertaining, visual and oh, so true. I love the pace and how you led the reader from one hiding place to the next.