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omnipresent
by Elizabeth SeagoWoven golden centerpiece
Beautiful & pointless.
Fill me up with apples, bananas and other assorted fruits.
Put me on display.
When you tire of me,
I'll be on the 25 cent table
At an annual yard sale.
Your trash, their treasure.
"What a deal!"
They will rave.
.... 09/16/2008 Author's Note: Once I'm gone you will crave me.
Posted on 09/16/2008
Copyright © 2010 Elizabeth Seago
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Nanette Bellman on 09/16/08 at 10:00 PM If it were only that easy. Very vivid and beautiful Elizabeth. |
| Posted by Jon Kary on 09/16/08 at 10:16 PM There is a haiku's essential and precise beauty to this poem, particularly the final stanza. There is something in the way that you artfully present sensory representations combined with candid portraits of personal experiences and feelings from which you have gained wisdom that I find delightful. Thank you, Elizabeth. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 09/17/08 at 10:41 AM Great piece - biting humor, trash to treasure, and the 25 cent table caps it. |
| Posted by Olivia Weinkein on 09/17/08 at 12:18 PM this is so perfect in every way. i even love the author's note. very positive attitude in a not so positive situation. |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 09/18/08 at 12:34 PM Excellent analogy of relationship and personification of fruit and holder Liz. |
| Posted by CM Bauer on 09/19/08 at 09:36 PM God, this is good. |
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