by Carol Roach
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June 15, 2006

A Poet's Lament

September 27, 2006 06:10 AM EDT
views: 28 | rating: 10/10 (7 votes) | comments: 18
Thoughts spring forth from every crevice
of my complicated mind
Some are jumbled fragments
While others well-defined

Glimpses of past experiences or
aspirations yet to come
A mosaic of ideas
Filtering most, but sharing some

Thoughts sometimes so compelling they
wake me from my sleep
Carried fresh with me all morning
By evening obsolete

Why not carry pen and paper
everywhere I go?
saving precious inspirations
Like the poets I do know

What is the reason for stalling,
this evident short fall?
The answer very simple
I am not a poet at all
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Comments: 18

Paula Booher Sep 27, 2006, 6:43am EDT
You've claimed yet another hit Carol. An author and Now a poet too. Where are the Rest of us supposed to fit in at the Awards dinner...hmmmmmmm?

love ya,
Paula

p.s. Next to you...if you'll be so kind as to Invite us to sit at your table...lol
Apryl Just Apryl Sep 27, 2006, 6:47am EDT
This is wonderful ! I Love it !!
NOT a poet? HA. Are too. Paula can sit at your table, can I also pull up a chair? :)

(better start carrying that pencil and paper)
gautami tripathy Sep 27, 2006, 7:46am EDT
I like that!

A great poem from a no-poet!
Richard Melendez Sep 27, 2006, 8:07am EDT
Ok, ok, if no one is going to say it... I guess I have to say it, "she's a poet and doesn't know it"

I think a lot of poetry writers can see themselves in your words. Excellent poem!
Carol Roach Sep 27, 2006, 8:12am EDT
Paula you are silly lol, hon you should know that I do poetry as well.
Carol Roach Sep 27, 2006, 8:13am EDT
thanks you april sweetie
Carol Roach Sep 27, 2006, 8:18am EDT
Marilyn I wrote that poem after I had this wondeful poem in my head and I didn't have a pen and paper and I forgot the darn thing, lol.
Carol Roach Sep 27, 2006, 8:27am EDT
good tongue and cheek wouldn't you say gautami?
Carol Roach Sep 27, 2006, 8:28am EDT
thank you Richard, it was tongue and cheek but at the same time, how many of us doubt our abilities?
Carol Cassell Sep 27, 2006, 8:34am EDT
Bravo! You said it all so honestly.
Carol Roach Sep 27, 2006, 8:35am EDT
thank Carol
Marinela Kotsina Sep 27, 2006, 11:12am EDT
Way to go Carol !
love it
thank you
Carol Roach Sep 27, 2006, 9:05pm EDT
your welcome marinela
Carol Roach Sep 28, 2006, 2:53pm EDT
thank you Liz, it took me a long time to realize I am a poet, because I write mostly prose. I do write poetry but only when I am truly in the mood.
Tonia, who hugs trees G. Sep 28, 2006, 2:59pm EDT
Love this poem -- and I can so relate.
Carol Roach Sep 28, 2006, 4:08pm EDT
thank you Tonia, I think many of us can relate, me too.

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