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The Poems I Never Wrote

The poems I never wrote are small fish - sardines that roam the ocean of my mind. Swift thoughts are they, and like a fleeting wish, each flits away, and never can I find those lines that had intrigued me as they passed beneath my consciousness into my dreams. How many poems would I have amassed if I had caught them all? Alas, it seems a few matured, for herrings I have seen in poetry that isn’t even mine, and from that one phenomenon, I glean that thoughts among us poets intertwine, so poems I never wrote might well be in other poets’ minds of shining sea. October 8, 2022 - NA Submitted Oct. 17, 2022 for A Brian Strand Premiere Choice Poetry Contest

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Robert Gorelick

Date: 10/14/2022 12:36:00 PM

The most profound and beautiful thoughts and feelings are often the most elusive. Original, I never heard this phenomenon written about! Robert

Harry Horsman

Date: 10/12/2022 8:20:00 PM

Love the theme, Andrea, although disagree regarding small fish, because even here, you've written a whale of a poem... Harry

Miranda Hawley

Date: 10/12/2022 4:37:00 PM

"The poems I never wrote are small fish" I can't say that at all. At least to the end of my rutters are stuck and spinning at the idea of writing about the elements, and it seems more of a "Moby Dick" instead of a can of sardines! Good read!

Jack Horne

Date: 10/12/2022 6:43:00 AM

love this idea - an old friend of mine always said poems or stories were gifts from the ether & that we had to use them while they came to us or someone else would get them!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/12/2022 10:31:00 AM

So true!

Janice Canerdy

Date: 10/10/2022 6:29:00 PM

Andrea, this is a VERY creative, descriptive piece. I really enjoyed it! Janice

Joe Dimino

Date: 10/9/2022 3:21:00 PM

A writer really needs to have a pen and pad always handy, in one's pocket, next to the bed, etc.. I always regret having an idea, nothing to copy it down with, only later to find the inspiration is not the same, never to be recaptured, memory not nearly effective enough. Great read!

Weston Gregory

Date: 10/9/2022 10:04:00 AM

Phenomena so intriguing it's said our frequencies are one. This piece is truly fill with familiar imagery

Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/9/2022 9:51:00 AM

Could be that someone else did have the same idea or thought and wrote about it when you did not. Reads like a good contender for the contest to me. Way to go. Thanks for sharing and for dropping by my page with congratulations. Sara

Alexis Y.

Date: 10/9/2022 6:24:00 AM

WoW! Andrea, This is a good take on the contest theme. I echo what Ilene said I enjoyed it from start to finish. Best wishes in the contest. Have a great day:-)Alexis

Robert Warlov

Date: 10/8/2022 11:18:00 PM

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Arlo Parker

Date: 10/8/2022 8:54:00 PM

So if you haven't said it some other poet has...intriguing possibility. Lovely piece, AD. :o)

Bill Baker

Date: 10/8/2022 4:19:00 PM

Intriguing entry for the contest, Andrea. I enjoyed your creativeness in this poem. A FAV for me, my dear friend. :-) Have a happy weekend! Hugs, Bill

Ilene Bauer

Date: 10/8/2022 2:11:00 PM

well said, andrea! i love the image of the fleeting fish that we somehow can't quite catch...

L Milton Hankins

Date: 10/8/2022 10:47:00 AM

Oh, there is a great deal of truth in what you say about our thoughts intertwining with other poets' thoughts. I read poems that I thought seemed plagiarized until I realized I never wrote them myself. I merely thought I did!

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 10/8/2022 10:23:00 AM

Interesting - the poems you never write are intertwined with other poets’ poems. This sight is fun because we often see more in a poem then the poet does and thus we gain more. Blessings, dear friend!

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 10/8/2022 10:17:00 AM

Intriguing idea, that the seeds of ideas take root in other minds, and I like the imagery of tiny fish that escape before you can grasp them, should be a winner!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/16/2022 8:12:00 AM

yeah right. hahaha. Thanks for what you said though.