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There is a poet in my cereal

by Sandy M. Humphrey


There is a poet in my cereal
Words swimming on my spoon
Floating on the milky sea
Like a moon in the sky in June

Tried to escape at lunch
My efforts were without avail
For the poet was hiding in the soup
In the thermos in my lunch pail

Everywhere I turned today
On billboards or busses passing by
A word or phrase or image
Constantly captured my eye

I wrote on napkins and box tops
Scratched on post it notes and in margins
Called myself and left messages
Talked to myself like a madman

When I finally made it to my keyboard
Had a moment to myself to spare
I couldn’t put two words together
All my thoughts had vanished into air


04/22/2009

Posted on 04/22/2009
Copyright © 2024 Sandy M. Humphrey

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 04/22/09 at 11:17 PM

This is just good, clever storytelling.

Posted by Maria Massarella on 04/22/09 at 11:26 PM

Well, the thoughts have not really vanished into air. It seems they have been absorbed and delightfully worded into poetry. Thank you...m.a

Posted by George Hoerner on 04/22/09 at 11:28 PM

That's the way it goes only I just have to turn my head and the thoughts are gone. Just wait... I walk through Barnes and Nobles when I need ideas and just look at the spines of books for the titles. Amazing what comes to your minds. Good write lady.

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 04/23/09 at 03:46 AM

OK, George, you are too clever with that Barnes and Noble tip. Sandy, this is also clever and I can relate so well. "Called myself and left messages Talked to myself like a madman" - I especially liked these lines.

Posted by Genevieve Sturrock on 04/23/09 at 04:48 AM

fun write...and i can sooo relate! i like reading the titles here at pathetic...so many fun poems spring to mind when a title or two or five get linked together.

Posted by Charlie Morgan on 04/23/09 at 02:04 PM

...sandy...hey ms. you stole my pome...i was gonna write this but i see you posted it first, i too have this "disease" and i love your splay of the forgetting/feeling of the moments of which you speak...yah-hah, such is being a poet...

Posted by Kris Mara on 04/23/09 at 04:37 PM

yes! you capture this well, it's a fun read...and very familiar!

Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 04/23/09 at 06:59 PM

One could explode with thoughts, but then sitting down to write have nothing but an empty gun...like there are "found" poems...are these "lost" poems...? Delighted. Thanks.

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 04/25/09 at 01:56 PM

Wonderfully delivered...whimsical poetry for fellow poets, who I'm sure all can relate to in their own way. Thanks for putting it into words Sandy!

Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 04/26/09 at 01:56 PM

All I want to do now is raid the pantry and smear everything I find all over me, dig my fingers into cereals and soups, run to the metro with pen and notebook, look at everything anew anew anew!

Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 04/26/09 at 01:58 PM

Your poem lifts its title into the air with perfect grick! I love every crumb! :D

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 04/26/09 at 10:00 PM

Great fun! Exaggeration underscores the awful truth of what our imaginations and minds can do!

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