Learning to be a Poet

January 28, 2023 Bobpoem, poetry, writing

The void
Zeroes in

Like footwork
In the rain.

The moon
Stirs

My arms
To applause

Though I don’t
Know where
I’m going.

You ask of me the words
Which you demand be left unsaid.

Fair enough.

16 thoughts on “Learning to be a Poet”

theusedlife says:

Brilliant work. I especially like “The void / Zeroes in / Like footwork / In the rain.”

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January 28, 2023 at 1:37 pm Reply
1. Bob says:
  
  Thank you!
  
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  January 28, 2023 at 3:50 pm Reply
johnlmalone says:

love the enigma of this one esp ‘you ask of me the words/ which you demand be left unsaid’ ; that leaves you in a bind —

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January 28, 2023 at 3:40 pm Reply
1. Bob says:
  
  Thanks John! I think so too. That bind might be the enigma?
  
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  January 28, 2023 at 3:51 pm Reply
Sunra Rainz says:

“You ask of me the words
Which you demand be left unsaid.” – Love this. Unsaid but written maybe? 🙂

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January 28, 2023 at 8:18 pm Reply
1. Bob says:
  
  Thanks Sunra. I didn’t think of that line that way. But that’s interesting. I was heading the direction of something just can’t be said, though we try.
  
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  January 29, 2023 at 12:34 pm Reply
Steve Myers says:

Such a mystery this one, as many of your poems are, leaves me as a reader in a perfect place – wondering and also feeling courageous, that “waiting for the void,” such a scary thought, but so true and then the follow up to the void, that “Though I don’t Know where I’m going,” also scary, but so very real. Great work.

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January 29, 2023 at 10:22 am Reply
1. Bob says:
  
  Thanks. I guess I was shooting from the hip here, and I don’t have an exact explanation myself. But I really like how you summed it up, wondering and feeling courageous. And maybe a little scary. I’m glad you liked it.
  
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  January 29, 2023 at 12:45 pm Reply
  1. Steve Myers says:
    
    I guess it’s good to feel a little scared though sometimes I stay in bed because that fear takes over and getting up and living my life feels daunting, but then at some point, i gotta get ready for work and it’s amazing how just walking around and doing the dishes or something eliminates the fear or some of it anyway.
    
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    January 29, 2023 at 6:52 pm
  2. Bob says:
    
    I agree. Taking a walk for me really does the trick. Seems to literally and metaphorically get my feet on the ground. This may sound crazy, but I love doing the dishes, just put some tunes on and go.
    
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    January 30, 2023 at 8:57 am
  3. Steve Myers says:
    
    Me too. The dishes. I like doing them first thing in the morning. Helps me wake up.
    
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    January 30, 2023 at 6:37 pm
abigfatcanofworms says:

Each line is a revelation and yet also a question. John is right about enigma. Sensational.

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January 30, 2023 at 6:18 am Reply
1. Bob says:
  
  Thank you! Not sure I can say too much myself, just kinda shot from the hip on this one.
  
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  January 30, 2023 at 8:58 am Reply
Priti says:

Beautiful lines! 👌

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February 17, 2023 at 10:16 pm Reply
1. Bob says:
  
  Thank you so much!
  
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  February 25, 2023 at 8:09 pm Reply
  1. Priti says:
    
    My pleasure ☺️
    
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    February 25, 2023 at 10:38 pm