World Poetry Day

Tom Dylan


Notice of absence from Tom Dylan
Sorry if there is a delay in responses. Sometimes life gets in the way. As John Lennon said, life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Here's to World Poetry Day

when words count

and stanzas stand tall,

dressed up and showing off

playing up to the flash of the cameras

like film stars

at an awards ceremony.

 

Let's raise a glass,

beer, whiskey,

or a nice mug of tea,

to the words

that touch our souls,

that speak to

that small space

in each of us.

 

and says

I undertsand,

I hear you,

you are not alone,

there are others 

that feel the same. 

 

Tomorrow poetry

will be tired and hung-over

craving junk-food

and regretting that

argument with a 

haiku.

  • Author: Tom Dylan (Online Online)
  • Published: March 21st, 2024 06:39
  • Comment from author about the poem: 21st March 2024 is World Poetry Day.
  • Category: Unclassified
  • Views: 21
  • Users favorite of this poem: Bella Shepard
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  • orchidee

    Good write Tom.
    All I know of Haikus is - is that a foreign sneeze? Haiku/Atchoo?! lol.
    Do shut up Orchi. lol.

    • Tom Dylan

      Very good, Orchi. Made me smile! A Haiku is a Japanese poem that has 17 syllables. John Cooper Clarke wrote a famous haiku that goes like this : To convey one's mood in seventeen syllables is very diffic-
      🙂

    • Bella Shepard

      What a wonderful tribute to World Poetry Day, I had no idea, tells you what rock I've been living under. Each stanza typifying how much poetry means in our lives, classic. And then that last stanza, perfect, I laughed my you know what off. Thank you !

      • Tom Dylan

        Thanks Bella! I saw it was that day, and thought I have to write a poem about that. And glad you like the last stanza. Happy Friday! 🙂

      • Thomas W Case

        Very creative. Superb work.

        • Tom Dylan

          Thanks Thomas. Appreciated as always. Cheers,. Tom.

        • Doggerel Dave

          Tom, I really admire your open nature, your ability to not be hidebound by preconceived notions of what I might be imbibing as I read your splendid advertisement for World Poetry Day.
          This early in the morning It's a 'nice mug of tea' - later I'll explore your other options......😊

          • Tom Dylan

            Thanks for the comment, Dave. Your reply made me smile.. I too will be exploring those other options this evening. 🙂

          • Goldfinch60

            Fine words of meaning
            Told on this wonderful day
            Haikus abounding.

            Andy

            • Tom Dylan

              Thanks Andy. Appreciated. 🙂

            • Teddy.15

              Happy poetry day 🎉

              • Tom Dylan

                Thanks, Teddy. Appreciated. 🙂



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