Maybe You Had to Be There
close to the LexPoMo solstice
weary from hours of writing
scanning and commenting
we have poems to workshop
yet keep losing our way
images baffling, ideas cryptic
Are we just plain tired?
references bounce giddily around the room:
yardsticks wildfires rosary beads
a poem as an egg with a horse inside
Big Easy taxi driver turned writing prof
grapefruit spoons pastiche of peaches
knives flashbulbs satellites Christian radio
clothes plucked from someone else’s laundry
puzzling our way through these scattered gems,
ah! one breath of consensus: Yes, that is a terrible title.
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Ha! I resemble this poem… 😏
I wish I had been there! Kudos for the form: serious and measured, chaotic, and an “ah” celebrating one, only one, accomplishment! I can hear all your voices and wonder who contributed each item — only recognize the grapefruit spoons — and am intrigued by the taxi driver/writing prof and the casting of poem as egg containing horse.
Mary , lolol…..yeah …lol…..
It was a doozy…..lolol
Awesome !!!!
Wonderful! Yes, we’ve had a collective experience, eh?
Great encapsulation of our awe and head scratching!
You nailed it.
Omg …..you so got this on paper!!!
And I will say, many, many people at this gathering can sooooooooo relate….
Awesome concept,
Perfectly executed.
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