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Death of An Idea

death of an idea some where sitting in my easy chair to watch the news. tsk tsk ’s rolling off my tongue traveling in the opposite direction to my finely prepared coffee. i am a phoney in all. what is seen and heard, truly repulses me; it is inhuman or is it too human. I cogitate munching a sweet biscuit. a twinkling of an idea tries to be born but its smashed with a million reasons, “why not” safe here keeping my sword in its stone. too old, deserve this rest. fought my battles got the scars to prove it. those scars are healed. too frightened is the truth! pacify with, not the only one wait until some one else speaks up but is that all? just wait and swallow the empathy choking strangling life with a secretive smugness. speak out as we each, given the words to speak, slide them under the poetic door, unseen.

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Lim'Rik Flats

Date: 8/21/2017 8:22:00 AM

Heck of a place to resume my reading of your work! But, but, but... I'd rather be silly;-) I ignore the world (news) with head in sand, obliviously ostriched, inured to the flow. "Inhuman or too human?" Love that line! Oh, the baskets we weave, eh? Cheerduckens! ~ john

Niall Fulham

Date: 8/18/2017 12:11:00 PM

Hi Patricia , beautifully penned , 'finely prepared coffee' 'slide them under the poetic door' ,,, I often look back and read some of my writes and see that I do give myself away ::))))hugs

Patricia Cresswell
Date: 8/18/2017 1:20:00 PM

creates another entity from their interpretation of the poem and together they create a third entity with the melding of both their insights.

Patricia Cresswell
Date: 8/18/2017 1:19:00 PM

Poets are like prophets crying in the desert. I love a good coffee! I was in a discussion yesterday with a poetic friend. We ended up talking about what makes a true poet. What do you think? Our conclusion was that a true poet realizes they are in a collaboration with the reader. Each has input. The poet writes about an entity ( the content of the poem), the reader

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 8/18/2017 9:13:00 AM

Wow! And, yup.

Russell Sivey

Date: 8/18/2017 4:12:00 AM

I love this! This is such a tremendous write my friend Patricia! I surely enjoyed reading this delightful poem this morning! It's true, if you get inspired, you should certainly write about it, don't keep it hidden! What a fascinating piece, Great Work!!

Patricia Cresswell
Date: 8/18/2017 7:48:00 AM

Thank you very much.