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Not A Poem
by Timothy SomersI have no words for you.
I am not a poet today.
Its not that Im without thoughts,
or words to say,
I am simply,
not a poet today.
Perhaps tomorrow,
or some other day
I might express the
rampant sorrow
that poets often cite.
Yes, I might,
but,
I am not a poet today.
No.
No words.
Not even those that
I have heard you bandying about,
concerned with joy and such.
No.
too much,
for,
I am not a poet today.
Tomorrow.
Yes,
well...
maybe not.
I find that I have to do
and say so many things
throughout a day
I have no time to spend in rhyme,
for chance at notoriety,
tempting my sobriety,
attempting immorality
seems silly at this time...
No.
Not today.
I am not a poet today
To slip and skate away to
whimsy seems so nice,
but...
No.
To irritate and grate on
conscience here and there,
(my vice),
No.
For,
I am not a poet today. 03/26/2005 Posted on 03/26/2005
Copyright © 2025 Timothy Somers
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by JD Clay on 03/26/05 at 07:54 PM If this is not poetry then it will have to do until the next truckload of denial arrives. Good stuff, Tim.
pe4ce... |
| Posted by Shonda Chrissonberry on 03/27/05 at 01:44 AM I suppose that if this is not a poem, then I am not able to leave a comment on how good I think it is! :) |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 03/28/05 at 04:09 AM One of the best non poems I've ever read. Wish I had written this...glad you did. |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 10/12/05 at 02:56 PM ...timnothy, this is a non-comment...and i'm gonna turn the word inside-out to confuse the uninitiated, so 0 W 0 !!!!, okay, now for the initiated...W0W !!! what a delightful non-poem, and as the other peeps said...and by the way they're sharp poets, you got a keeper here m'boy!...chris and i both wish we'd penned this, but i said that about your poem "slide"...love your work that i've read...you got a good pencil...peace, chaz |
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