My poems are...

Tom Dylan


Notice of absence from Tom Dylan
Sorry if there is a delay in replying or if I'm away for short periods. Sometimes life gets in the way. As John Lennon says, life is what happens while you're busy making other plans.

My poems are my mind trying to process,

to capture a feeling, a moment,

to take a Polaroid snapshot,

to paint a picture,

to frame an abstract work of art,

to translate something inexplicable

into a language I can understand.

 

My poems are my speaking aloud,

the ordered words of the chaos

bouncing around my head,

like a ball on a roulette wheel.

I’m going all in, but who knows where

it will land, the wheel is still spinning.

 

My poems are my taking for a walk

the black Labrador of my imagination,

across unchartered fields,

with stormy skies overhead,

I throw a stick for the dog and walk on.

 

My poems are talking to myself,

arguing, debating, laughing, rambling on,

whistling along to the tune in my head,

but you know what they say,

it could be verse.

  • Author: Tom Dylan (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 6th, 2024 06:07
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  • 2781

    But none saith, where is God my maker, Who giveth songs in the night; Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

  • Tony36

    Excellent write

    • Tom Dylan

      Thanks, Tony. Appreciated.

      • Tony36

        You're welcome

      • Neilton

        That's exactly how I feel! Very nice!

        • Tom Dylan

          Thanks a lot for your comments. Really appreciated. Cheers, Tom.

        • sorenbarrett

          Ahh yes and so much more. Loved the poem.

          • Tom Dylan

            Thanks so much for your comments, Soren. Really appreciated.

          • Cassie58

            Our poems are every part of us. I like very much Tom, how you have conveyed all of this in your words. Have a good weekend.

            • Tom Dylan

              Thanks so much for your comments. Really appreciated. Have a good weekend too.

            • MendedFences27

              Well if truth is poetry you are a poet. What is imagination? It's what we think up, using our experiences, our memory, our language skills and some of our imaginative thoughts. It all rattles around in our brains and falls out as a poem we hope.
              You poem describes your personal method of achieving poetic success. Let it be so. - Phil A.

              • Tom Dylan

                Thanks a lot for your comments. Appreciated. Cheers Tom

              • Thomas W Case

                Super. In my humble opinion, you nail the essence of poetry.

                • Tom Dylan

                  Thanks so much for your comments, Thomas. Really appreciated.

                • Dan Williams

                  This pretty much sums things up for all of us here. Nice work.

                  • Tom Dylan

                    Thanks a lot, Dan. Appreciated

                  • Goldfinch60

                    So true about many of my poems as well Tom, good write.

                    Andy

                    • Tom Dylan

                      Thanks for your comments, Andy. Really appreciated

                    • Cheeky Missy

                      Oh! I declare! Spot on! You've nailed it so exquisitely to perfection it sets me afire to read my case thus delineated like I've never seen until now, feeling like I couldn't explain it, and you've nailed it! I love this! Thank you so very, VERY much for this piece! I LOVE it!!!

                      • Tom Dylan

                        Bless ya! Thanks a lot for your comments. Really appreciated. Cheers, Tom.



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