A new poem: The Road

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Climbs the hill
and I must go

onto it

god knows

my feet compel me
out my old front door

say goodbye

I’m gone
for good

Ah it’s steep
full of briars
thorns
rocks

I’m panting,
out of breath
heart’s banging

still, I must go

Did you go this way
in this much pain

tell me
love



© 2009 MLC

[Amerigo Vespucci]

1. I wrote a poem about a road once

It was closer to a haiku or something but I have no patience for that stuff, you know? The time I spend counting syllables or iambic pentameter or iambic hexameter whatever the hell those daffy haiku bastards use to prove that they can write haiku is like listening to a mime tell you how they do that "invisible wall" stuff. So my poem was short and unapologetic and probably not "strict" haiku, and I remember that, coincidentally, a mime actually did read it and did the invisible wall thing and mouthed the words "that's not really haiku" and I knocked him on his mime ass. BLAM! Out cold. He didn;t see it coming. I could have done a slow-motion mime-style left hook to his jaw before laying him out, but where would be the sport in THAT?

Some would say I don't really have the soul of a poet.

:rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Amerigo Vespucci!

What a fascinating story!

I can't do haiku either...It just is not ME.

Maybe you have the soul of a poet.....just as long as it's not haiku!

:rofl:

[NanceGreggs]

5. "Did you go this way ...

... in this much pain?"

That's the question that keeps many of us awake at night.

And we'll never really know the answer.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear Nance...

No, we won't...

Maybe if we're lucky, we might find out........someday.


And didn't you mean to direct this to me? :silly:


Thanks, sweetie...:hug:

[NanceGreggs]

7. YIKES!!!

Yes, of course I meant to direct my reply to you!

(Don't know how I did that, but :blush:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. No worries!

I suspect you're tired, it being so late and all...

Check your PM in a moment, OK?

:hug:

[vixengrl]

3. I love it, Peggy--it makes me want to share one of mine--

this is from my alter-ego--

Time


When I was young I ran though fields of green

And yellow hue, treading clover, cowslips,

Sweet-smelling grass, as fast as a charger,

Panting, racing to catch up with the world.

My youthful strides were short, and I, though swift,

Thought I would always be behind in Life's

Sweet race 'gainst Time. But now, older, I've slowed.

I stroll down roads and watch my step and yet,

I look behind me, and there I see Time,

Still in the race and gaining upon me.

Where I passed him I do not know, nor can

I judge his speed, and yet I know one thing-

I must lead him, or he'll overtake me,

And this too-short race, for me, will be done.

If I could control Time, I'd say, "Go slow,

O Time, you need not run so swiftly now.

Even if you walked, you would overtake me,

And then, I would not hear you pass me by."


For now I hear Time's rapid steps approach.

His feet strike the ground like hoof-beats, pounding

Behind me, some distance behind me still,

But closer than when I first thought I heard

Something, far off, not any threat to me.

A fool, I did not know this was a race

Until my opponent appeared to me

Running as fast as I was wont to do,

But by then was unable, and I cried-

"O Time! If only I knew I raced you!"

But in fact I had raced him all this way

And no matter what the gap-I would lose.

Fierce Time! How could you race so weak a child

As once I was, or this old dame I am?



http://vixensden.net/aurelia.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear vixengrl...

Your life as seen through your poetry...very nice!

I love the descriptions and how you express your feelings as your life progresses.

Thanks for sharing!

And I'm glad you enjoyed mine...

:hug:

[AsahinaKimi]

9. I likes!!

:applause: :applause: :applause:
sugoi ne! Its great!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear AsahinaKimi!

I am so pleased you like!

Thanks, sweetie...

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

11. Hey Peggy

Hope you don't mind me saying this gave me a little chuckle since part of it reminded me of the climb from Ozran beach. :-)

[Haole Girl]

12. dupe

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear Haole Girl!

Now, how could I possibly mind?

Glad you had a moment to come by!

Thanks for the smile...

:D


Oops! I responded to the dupe! It doesn't matter...

[bluesbassman]

14. What a long strange trip it's been.

The road wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the grade, briars, thorns, and rocks. Nah, on second thought, that's what makes the stop at the roadhouse that much sweeter.:)

Cool poem Peg. Thanks for sharing. :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear bluesbassman...

Indeed, it has been strange!

I like your take on it...

Thanks for your kind words, as always...:hug:

[AsahinaKimi]

15. Here is an authentic Japanese Haiku for you

Basho, Matsuo. (1644-1694)
No one travels
Along this way but I,
This autumn evening.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. My dear Kimiko chan!

Now THAT is lovely!

I cannot do it...

I have enough trouble with free verse! If I had to conform to the rules for haiku, I would probably lose my mind...

And thank you for the beautiful illustration too!

:hug:

[AsahinaKimi]

18. You are most welcome

Kochira koso! (^_^)