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I Had to Laugh

by Kristina Woodhill

I had to laugh
when I read
your book
your life in two worlds
a fascinating tale
really, a best seller
on this and that
among others
the girl
you and he both
wanted when
we were teens
and you went on
and on how you
and he were friends
and in the end
she chose him
and you were OK
with that
I had to laugh
and wonder
and I know
the fact that she
couldn't be
at his goodbye
dance might have
stacked the deck
in my favor but
I had to laugh
and ask myself
why the night
before he left
he danced with me
and kissed
my yet young lips
I had to laugh

01/29/2007

Author's Note: True story. This is not a "kiss and tell" ;) - more of a comment on how we all look back through the years and realize we each see a particular person at a particular point in time only through our own narrow view.

Posted on 01/30/2007
Copyright © 2025 Kristina Woodhill

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 01/30/07 at 07:41 PM

Delightful, Kristina! A wonderful story that just kind of "tumbles" out with the chosen form. Thanks.

Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 01/30/07 at 11:00 PM

A kiss-and-tell poem, (giggle) slightly delayed, and yes, delightfully teasing and retrospectively insightful with a light touch and a rhythmic playfulness!

Posted by Christel Crews on 01/31/07 at 05:58 AM

what an interesting piece! we do tend to view the past from one perspective, forgetting details and whatnot..

Posted by Mara Meade on 01/31/07 at 02:14 PM

This made me belly-chuckle... love the form - it added the feeling of simplicity to it with the short lines being allowed their moment... like the kiss. I also love the perspective of it.

Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 02/01/07 at 01:09 PM

I think Kristina, you have more or less described how the process of recollection and writing works, in just this manner, which is as fine a patchwork as they come and never too late the quilt or too soon, the moon is full and turning as wide and as free as a mane o'er a shoulder.

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 02/01/07 at 07:03 PM

I do see the irony that does lend itself to a kind of humour here, as you express it in the story telling and emphasize the fact with the repeated line. Well done.

Posted by Scott Utley on 02/02/07 at 04:09 AM

I wish I had written this.

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