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arqios


Notice of absence from arqios
Be kind….
…. words don’t rewind


Discarded thoughts collide,
cast aside once too many times;
now stride across crumpled sheets,
from creative springs that rise,
fuelling the pen and paper set alight.

Ideas once buried, now burst forth:

a battered note, a torn-out page,
exploding in fervent rage... each
critic's stab, each cut so deep,
pickaxes unearthing jewels, rough
but each one worth their keep.

 

 

 

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  • sorenbarrett

    A poet's work here. Miners of jems that come rough and uncut from the ground, They require polishing and cutting. Very nicely mined and cut in this poem

    • arqios

      Thanks Soren 🙏🏻

    • Tony36

      Great write

      • arqios

        Thanks Tony 🙏🏻

        • Tony36

          You're welcome

        • TobaniNataiella

          I have learnt a lot reading your poetry, i enjoy reading it and it always raises questions for me, this one makes me think of me. Thank you

          • arqios

            Glad you mentioned that, it makes all of this worthwhile, thank you 🙏🏻

            • TobaniNataiella

              you are very welcome

            • Tristan Robert Lange

              A wonderful, bejeweled write, my friend! I always enjoy stopping by and reading your words! 🌹👏 Faved.

              • arqios

                So glad there is enjoyment to be had here. Makes it all worthwhile 🙏🏻thanks kindly.

                • Tristan Robert Lange

                  You are welcome, my friend!

                • Neville



                  its what we do and how we go about achieving it .. each individual word a potential gem or invaluable nugget .. building blocks .. a part of a whole .. a process of construction .. or something very much like that .. maybe .. Neville

                  • arqios

                    Process yes, construction: as you have aptly put it…”maybe.” Perhaps it could also be seen as puzzle pieces waiting to be put together? to be united and slotted in? Maybe 🤔… thanks again 🙏🏻

                  • Cassie58

                    You have summed up a poet’s lot here. All those discarded thoughts and graveyard poems. Very relatable arqios. Nicely composed.

                    • arqios

                      Graveyard! Yes! Thanks Cassie. 🙏🏻

                    • David Wakeling

                      Pickaxes unearthing jewels, Great work. It captures the creative mind

                      • arqios

                        Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho! It’s off to write we go…

                      • Goldfinch60

                        Those words of the past often come back to be written down arqios.

                        Andy

                        • arqios

                          They do indeed, Andy. Thank you 🙏🏻

                        • Teddy.15

                          Such wonderful metaphor and imagery, a wonderful piece of poetry, I was once told by a very wise poet that in fact it is the poet who should enjoy his poem, if others do then it's a bonus. Gorgeous dear arqios 🌹

                          • arqios

                            That is so true! Thanks Teddy🙏🏻

                          • Thomas W Case

                            Tremendous work.

                            • arqios

                              Thanks TWC 🙏🏻

                            • NafisaSB

                              absolutely 'worth their keep' - brilliant share

                              • arqios

                                Thanks safina 🙏🏻

                                • NafisaSB

                                  you are welcome
                                  thanks for sharing



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