Nyonglema Pisoh Poet Free verse

We Could Get Caught

"How's yours coming? Got any ideas? "
"I'm in the fifth stanza already, this is going to be neat!"
That's me and 4 other friends of the poetry club, 
Scribbling away in a corner where the tree's shadow
Builds a shelter from the sun, and for the Muses
Larking away in its green rustling branches. 

Really though, we should be in class....
But what's the point in hunting for an "x"
Which is written on the page, and has no meaning, 
Nor content? They call it a "variable"! 
Well, these words for sure are variable too, 
But to play with them and twist them to falter into 
New meanings (see what I did there?) is divine. 
No weird symbols from a Cyrillic alphabet today for us! 

We're scribbling our souls on pages, to see them live. 
We could get caught but no beating could ever beat the
Exhilaration of the ink dancing into new thoughts like Adam's first breath. 

(c) Nyonglema

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Line Gauthier February 11, 2021 at 2:45 PM Skipping school to write poetry with friends! Sounds like my kind of day. Lovely to find your delightful poem published in the 2020 PS Anthology, Nyonglema~ Nyonglema Pisoh September 29, 2021 at 4:29 AM Thanks Line! Glad you loved it!

Poet Destroyer A February 7, 2016 at 1:16 PM Nyonglema Pisoh, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing and sharing you're poetry. LOVE LINDA

Iris E. Sankey- Lewis September 4, 2015 at 5:15 PM Oh, for the love of poetry. Why not. Thanks for stopping by my poem with your kind comment.

Skat A May 25, 2015 at 3:24 PM Awesome. ..sk Nyonglema Pisoh May 25, 2015 at 10:20 PM Thanks Sk.

Cyndi Macmillan May 25, 2015 at 11:28 AM :) YES! Enjoyed the story you are telling here and how it all comes down (as it should) to the last line. "Larking away" really made me smile. Hope you have a nice afternoon. Cyndi Nyonglema Pisoh May 25, 2015 at 10:21 PM Hi Cyndi, glad it brightened your day...hope you have a good day! N.