Sue Mason Poet Free verse

Very Far To Go

Sometimes I'm writing poetry
and other times it seems
I'm pushing words around
as a way to have dreams
with no solution or resolution
to the question:  what is Is?

Following some pattern
with a myriad of names
in order to push words into a Form
that, often, when I hear it read
seems dead.

Dead to spontaneity, dead to frivolity.
Must poetry remain so staid,
so reserved, so used as a significant ruse
of persnickety profundity
or philosophical platitudes?

Yawn.

I only want Now to be what Is ...
words that just go on and on and on
hoping always that I have very far to go.

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Alison Sade Peñaranda October 19, 2009 at 1:35 AM hi sue...i love this one...nice write...i love poetry...hehehe...and yes, your words will always inspire the world...including me... thanks for the comment...that was last august for my "pushing the edge"...it's been awhile since i checked poetrysoup...well, that was really written for my hubby, the love of my life...got married at a young age...sad to hear your last marriage didn't work...but this is life..keep smiling...you take care! _ALISON_

Robin L. Gass September 24, 2009 at 6:23 AM This is wonderful, Sue! Our words, as poets, are our hearts expression and that makes it beautiful poetry. I enjoy the fun stuff as much as the philosospical! Love that third verse! Love, Robin

Gert W. Knop September 24, 2009 at 3:34 AM I do hope that you have very far to go. It is so true what you wrote here, Sue. keep on writing!....Gert

Kelly Zakerski September 24, 2009 at 3:06 AM This is so true and a wonderful to read. Keep up the great work.

Moonbee Canady September 23, 2009 at 2:16 PM I Love This Poem... Your Words are always so Vivid and Perceptive... So, it's ok to be persnickety (smile) What's That Placard I saw Once "Genuis At Work" That's You Sue... MoonBee

Mohammad Yamin September 23, 2009 at 11:26 AM Sue, How true are your feelings. A magnificent poem - most thought provoking. Thanks for your latest comments on my Poem My Departed Friends. Life here is preferable to many, even those millions that live in sub-human conditions. To think of it life here has no permanence -nothing has permanence -health, beauty, youth, affluence all leave you. Yet people are dying for longivity of this life. What do you think of that? -Mohammad

Carol Sunshine Brown September 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM Oh Sue you have at least another 50 years to go here at the Soup. So if you have to push be greatful you have the time to do it. ~~~Smiles~~~ Seriously this is an awesome Write my friend. Thank you for your comments. Love, Carol

Carolyn Devonshire September 23, 2009 at 10:17 AM You stay true to your heart in this write, Sue, and have crafted a compelling verse to which many poets can relate. I just hate it when I spend time "pushing words around" only to have a lifeless feeling when the poem is complete. I, too, hope your words will "go on and on" and that you will continue to share them with us here on the Soup! Very nice work, indeed! Love, carolyn