Kurt Ravidas Poet Free verse

A Smoking Room

A poet's reading another poet is like 
a smoking room at the airport: 
an enclosed space, 
happy non-smokers behind glass walls, 
the poet's thoughts, 
as strong as Cuban cigars, 
coming through 
bluish twists of the another poet's fantasy, 
as sweet as Virginia*,
a boarding announcement,  
a new tobacco smelling meeting 
in another airport’s smoking room.


* A tobacco's brand.

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Caren Krutsinger August 5, 2019 at 5:34 AM Other's poetry often wafts through my mind for a day or two, and intrigues me to write a poem using the new words I have learned. Kurt Ravidas August 5, 2019 at 8:51 AM Thank you, Caren. I love to see you you read me)

Connie Marcum Wong July 28, 2019 at 5:59 PM I can relate Kurt. Poetry is THAT intense. I love the way your poetry is always unique and intriguing, a bit like a foreign film where you can never guess the ending. I loved this! : ) xxoo Kurt Ravidas July 28, 2019 at 6:31 PM Oh, thank you so much, Connie. I love your comments :3

Andrea Dietrich July 28, 2019 at 2:27 PM what a unique metaphor! Too bad more people can't go back to enjoying smoking! So few of us poetry smokers!! Kurt Ravidas July 28, 2019 at 2:33 PM Thank you, Andrea. Smoking is bad. A mentally healthy person does not smoke and does not write poetry)

Jeanne Mcgee July 28, 2019 at 2:17 PM this is a really fun take...a fav for sure. Kurt Ravidas July 28, 2019 at 2:29 PM Thanks, Jaenne. Rays of love)