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Consuming Grapes and Pickles

consuming grapes and pickles

dig deep 
passed the shovel 
filled with detritus
don’t whine about today 
tomorrow already eats the clock

ideas dance 
like sugar plum fairies
Through a head
cotton wool as Pooh’s
brain storms turn to chaos

ideas fade 
leaving tantalizing hints
of their greatness 
if they had been captured
like finches in a fine net

pickles and grapes
tart and sweet is life
consume them at my desk
my memory numb, lacklustre
prompted with fruit and pickled cucumbers.

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Jannie Breedt

Date: 3/17/2018 1:31:00 AM

Your metaphorical genius comes out. I just dig it

Joanna Daniel

Date: 1/27/2018 7:06:00 AM

Some classic lines in this, Patricia, enjoyed reading:)

John Fleming

Date: 1/23/2018 7:09:00 PM

Glad to be reading your poetry again, Patricia...as always it makes for compulsive reading. My very warmest regards! In affection :) john P.s I am off to bed! Got a well earned week off now. :)

Patricia Cresswell
Date: 1/23/2018 9:55:00 PM

Thank you John. I hope your week is wonderful.

Vijay Pandit

Date: 1/23/2018 5:22:00 PM

So many lines of deep meaning, in your poem Patricia! ...."tomorrow already eats the clock".."brainstorms turn to chaos"... "captured like...". I feel this well written poem kept the ideas dancing, never letting them fade.

Patricia Cresswell
Date: 1/23/2018 6:13:00 PM

Thank you Vijay. I have had a downward dog sort of time recently.

Silent One

Date: 1/23/2018 2:36:00 PM

Does not sound like a good combination, this is a ddep poem Patricia..

Patricia Cresswell
Date: 1/23/2018 3:14:00 PM

Thank you. I actually tried it not so much.