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a day is a life
by Charlie Morgana yawn by the morning let me sneak in,
the day's maw was wide-open, gasping.
i yawned back in bemusement: the day
beckons me with such a gaping 24 hours?
to live, to love, to laugh, make sense?
Odie wagging his taut tail, indecisively;
chase that bird or chew on the Sun's rising.
birds, their singing, trilling a new day;
a day that is older, more a hoary mensch
than any of the days before, yet alone.
bolstered by the tomorrows left to come,
and shoulder-shrugging all yesterdays.
i draw an imaginary Maginot-line;
i forgot how reality sneaks-in on us
while we have the door open to breathe.
i throw a rock at the bird, missing;
on purpose. Odie's confused, barks.
i remember that i forgot how to taste
the enjoyment of a day sans reality
if it doesn't come with a grandson.
02/25/2009 Posted on 02/25/2009
Copyright © 2024 Charlie Morgan
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Joan Serratelli on 02/25/09 at 05:04 PM I agree- it's the little things- like taking a shower, making coffee- and, of course, playing with your grandson that make it worth getting out of bed for! |
| Posted by Rhiannon Jones on 02/25/09 at 05:08 PM I like that the first and last stanzas, considered as a unit, can stand on their own. |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 02/25/09 at 05:42 PM *hugging you* |
| Posted by Ava Blu on 02/25/09 at 05:49 PM I'm a big fan of simplicity, so I truly enjoyed this. |
| Posted by Terry Olynik on 02/25/09 at 06:17 PM I assumed this poem was going to be about mayflies.
Glad it wasn't. |
| Posted by A. Paige White on 02/25/09 at 08:41 PM Isn't it amazing what those grandchilders do to us? And any poem with a dog named O D I E is a great one in my book. |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 02/25/09 at 09:17 PM Another fine one Charlie, and dogs rarely seem to know which of have things they want to chase, smell, etc., but they do keep the day intersting. |
| Posted by Alisa Js on 02/25/09 at 09:30 PM What a heart treasure this one is.. alisa |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 02/26/09 at 01:47 AM Loved this yawning morning and gaping 24 hours! Birds and dogs and a grandson - fine companions for another day. |
| Posted by Kerowyn Rose on 02/26/09 at 03:11 AM Sweet! This poem breathes. I love that you captured a day and gave it a distinct personality of its own. |
| Posted by A. Paige White on 05/14/09 at 01:20 PM Congratulations on POTD, Sweet Thang! |
| Posted by Maude Curtis on 05/14/09 at 02:22 PM Congrats on POTD, Charlie. You and that grandson are the BOMB!! |
| Posted by Joan Serratelli on 05/14/09 at 04:22 PM Congrats on POTD! you really deserve it! Great piece |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 05/14/09 at 04:34 PM Hurray for POTD! |
| Posted by Lauren Singer on 05/14/09 at 07:04 PM wonderful, charlie. fulling entertaining and a great read! congrats on POTD! |
| Posted by Dave Fitzgerald on 05/14/09 at 08:11 PM Congrats Charlie! |
| Posted by Kris Mara on 05/14/09 at 09:15 PM I think I came late to the party here! Congratulations on POTD, this gem really deserves it -- it's beautiful and alive, and it reads effortlessly, like that's where those words belonged all the time (am I making sense today?)...the ending is sweet, I know this feeling... |
| Posted by Lori Blair on 11/24/11 at 03:16 PM Just lovely and oh how I do sigh..life is a day and then to redo it over and over again..a gift! |
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