Inspiracy

One life story.......

Listen my children and you shall hear
thus quoth he into her ear
With her still months shy of a year.

The Cremation of Sam McGee
Ecclesiastes
The Odyssey

All etched in her mind before she was three.

Then came school
hip, swell and cool
hot days at the swimming pool

Degree decision
nuclear fission
late one night a car collision

Marriage, babies
Mortgage, savings
Moving vans, fights, cleaning ladies.

Separation
Court, divorce
Bankruptcy, self-abrogation

Weighing the merits of annihilation

Poetry, freedom
Wisdom, kids grown
90% of it's just showing up.

Listen my children and you shall hear
Thus quoth he inside her ear
Year after year after precious year

The Cremation of Sam McGee
Ecclesiastes
The Odyssey

Epic narratives - inspiracy

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Judy Ball

July 30, 2011 at 3:41 PM

This is excellent and very cleverly done. I know what you mean about the school system. it sucks. 90% is showing up and they don't care if you learn anything you just get promoted anyway so you can stay with your own age group. In my day you learned or they kept you back till you did. they cared. Really good description. Love the reference to Ecclesiastes The Odyssey. Nice job. God Bless, Judy Ball

Carolyn Devonshire

July 29, 2011 at 7:25 PM

Wow, Nancy! My sister told me all these stories and those of Shakespeare and Poe long before I went tos chool. You're right about our education system -- 90% of success is just showing up. Too bad more children didn't have the benefit of exposure to fine literature before they went to school. It sure helped me a lot! Love your poem!!! Best wishes, Carolyn