you have to open the curtains,
their edges touching the bookcase
with the gilded leather covers
standing at attention, waiting,
their wisdom rendered from life,
and blink for a moment
at the light scattered by the clouds,
cast your scattered thoughts aside,
let the whir of your mind cease,
do not scan for the plot twist,
just marvel at the natural world,
where nothing is reprehensible
/ / /
This poem was written in response to Wordle 14 at The Sunday Whirl.
Bravo! This poem is spectacular! I love everything about it ... especially the way you included rendered and reprehensible.
ReplyDeletei adore how you dove into this, with a gentle command on how to so spectacularly enjoy that moment you've just written. "you have to" gives it urgency, but it isn't an urgent thing at all. wonderful. x
ReplyDeleteMarianne, thank you. "reprehensible" was the difficult one, the one I had to build up to.
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Dana, thank you. I love your interpretation of the gentle command and the contrast between the urgency and the non-urgency.
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Yes, "reprehensible" was a hard word. Eventually I might remove it from my poem. I just put it in to use it. I like the message I take from your poem. Good to open the curtains (rather than keeping them closed from the light)and look outside and then marvel at the natural world. One cannot keep from smiling if one really SEES.
ReplyDeleteLovely use of all the wordle words. A very nice read.
ReplyDeleteMary, thank you. It will be interesting to let these wordle-inspired poems sit for a while and then revise them. Some of the wordle words may not make the cut. Glad you like the message of this one; that's what I like about the wordle poems, seeing what develops. I agree, more of us need to take the time to really see, and a smile is sure to happen.
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Daydreamertoo, thank you. Glad you liked it.
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I love the detail. I love the sentiments.
ReplyDeleteAh, I read this before I understood about Wordles. Now that I've looked that up I am even more impressed. It's a beautiful poem which not only uses those words well but transcends the exercise.
ReplyDeleteRosemary, thank you. I'm glad you liked it just as a poem, before you knew what a wordle was. Trying to transcend is the challenge; sometimes I succeed, sometimes not.
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