Ordinary Words

Many people like poems written with ordinary words. Some that jestfully tell about life in ordinary ways, even though life is far from ordinary, They want poems that lighten their days. Enough with the highfalutin language, they say. Start writing words common folks understand. Bring back the use of everyday words. Oh, you want idioms (words that are canned). I love the feel of the silken poetic words, that tickle the ears and whisper to the soul. they wrap your thoughts in gossamer silk, both pleasant and bitter their goal. Writing poetry is a road strewn with boulders. Life wrings itself out upon our pages. Where there's beauty, we're often drawn to the dark found hiding behind it on various stages. We find ourselves writing about love that threatens, or long ago left, storming out the door, kicking aside hope like pebbles. Or, crawling out with a whimper and a fearful glance, then running: words we cannot hide... ordinary words.