Andrea Dietrich Poet Sonnet

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 October 14, 2022 at 12:36 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 October 12, 2022 at 8:20 PM Love the theme, Andrea, although disagree regarding small fish, because even here, you've written a whale of a poem... Harry

Miranda Hawley October 12, 2022 at 4:37 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 October 12, 2022 at 6:43 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 October 12, 2022 at 10:31 AM So true!

Janice Canerdy October 10, 2022 at 6:29 PM Andrea, this is a VERY creative, descriptive piece. I really enjoyed it! Janice

Joseph P. DiMino October 9, 2022 at 3:21 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 October 9, 2022 at 10:04 AM Phenomena so intriguing it's said our frequencies are one. This piece is truly fill with familiar imagery

Sara Kendrick October 9, 2022 at 9:51 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. October 9, 2022 at 6:24 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 October 8, 2022 at 11:18 PM ***

Arlo Parker October 8, 2022 at 8:54 PM So if you haven't said it some other poet has...intriguing possibility. Lovely piece, AD. :o)

Bill Baker October 8, 2022 at 4:19 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 October 8, 2022 at 2:11 PM well said, andrea! i love the image of the fleeting fish that we somehow can't quite catch...

L Milton Hankins October 8, 2022 at 10:47 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 October 8, 2022 at 10:23 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 October 8, 2022 at 10:17 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 October 16, 2022 at 8:12 AM yeah right. hahaha. Thanks for what you said though.