Wild Bunch Poets
there’s a poem in the attic
in the yard
through the blinds
there’s a poem in the rain
around the corner
no one minds
you may find one in your sleep
on your pillow
in a drawer
even when you’ve seen them all
you’ll still run
into more
they bloom full into morning
until dusk
into the night
making pictures cinematique
they play it out
just right
while making whispery rattlings
entering
everywhere
poets choose words carefully, then
measure, stir
with care
because more poems are waiting
down the hall
on the stairs
poets ready with their tackle, mind
and roomy
snares
not just ghostly still in silence
aloof with
gentle heart
but see them now a wild bunch
embracing
radical art
14 thoughts on "Wild Bunch Poets"
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Like this so much—there truly are poems just waiting for us to pluck! We have to look and listen and write it down—promptly! Or like a good dream-/only a matter of time that the image, idea title will slip away!
It is so true –the raising of a poem and a dream are so alike-I have enjoyed reading and writing so many poems about many things big and small during this pressure cooker month especially. –putting poetry ahead of everything else at first worked but then I would see a poem in an unlikely place, seen in a new way–all that has helped me keep up with the “wild bunch” –but also the support from kindred spirits like you has made it possible too and so I really want to thank you so much for your comments!
Indeed! The next time I feel blocked I’m going to read this poem. It’s been great to read you this year. I’m going to go back in the next couple of weeks to read poems I’ve missed of yours.
Thank you so much for your kind words—and over this month too–reading your comments have been so helpful –and steadying to stay on course—This is my first LexPoMo experience. I don’t think I will ever be quite the same. I am glad you got something from this poem. Many thanks !
Love this with it’s rhythm and rhyme. As Linda said, I should read this if I am feeling stuck. You are right, there are poems everywhere just waiting to be found.
Thank you as always for your wonderful comments–so glad it can be a reminder that it is the way you see the world. I am glad you liked the R & R…as I struggled with making it flow—and I still think it has a few nails in its tires but the heart is still beating—so thank you again for reading my poems. I appreciated it more than you know.
Ann, I LOVE this poem. It is definitely the peek-a-boo process of getting out of the way and witnessing all the wonder then with a butter fly net capturing each word. It’s been a joy to embark on this process with you my friend! I’m proud of you!
Darlene—thank you for your constant support and for reading my poems through out this month. I love the way you put your thoughts together in this comment—I see the picture clearly! This month has been a journey of discovery. I hope I remember how to cook a meal and do other things I have abandoned. But this has been a real lesson in focus along with every to do with Poetry and Poets! Many thanks!
I love children’s picture books and see this poem in the tradition of Dr. Seuss
Thank you for this comment!–maybe I can think on this one….I have other verses I could not include because I barely got this pulled in tight enough-edited? in time before our deadline yesterday—. This gives me ideas. I thank you for your generous commentary through out the LePoMo month.( my first visit here) I have learned from you and so many poets here that, now that I have lived through June, I think I will want to do this again next year. I look forward to meeting you again then!
and as you capture it
poetry is, above all else, ART
of anything
& everything
right there!
You have written a small poem about poetry!
—————!
I fell into the fast stream this month—even though I barely have put my toes in the water for a long time now—but with that “getting caught up in it”—I have realized what a radical thread it is to be in touch with poetry— it taps every sector of the Universe– so true I do agree—what else could it be–this “coming alive”—but that it is ART!
I love what you said.
Thank you so much for your comment (!!!) and for reading my poem!
right there!
You have written a small poem about poetry!
—————!
I fell into the fast stream this month—even though I barely have put my toes in the water for a long time now—but with that “getting caught up in it”—I have realized what a radical thread it is to be in touch with poetry— it taps every sector of the Universe– so true I do agree—what else could it be–this “coming alive”—but that it is ART!
I love what you said.
Thank you so much for your comment (!!!) and for reading my poem!
Ah Ann, this is great! Loved the way you weaved in the rhyme scheme.