Don't Call This A Come-Back

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.

I don’t know if you’ve heard

but I’m picking up that pen

and letting the words drip like honey,

I’m writing poems once again.

 

As I climb back on the saddle,

I find poetry is like riding a bike,

you’ve just got to peddle like f***

and try with all your might.

 

I’m writing poetry once again,

I’m getting everything off my chest,

but this isn’t some kind of come-back

because the truth is I never left.

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  • arqios

    Most apt analogy… like muscle memory, the flow begins to loosen up and smoothly go. 🙏🏻🕊

    • Tom Dylan

      Thanks a lot for your comments, arqios. Really appreciated.

      • arqios

        You’re welcome and welcome home to poetry, although I suspect that you never had truly left. 🙏🏻🕊

        • Tom Dylan

          Thanks so much, my friend.

        • Tristan Robert Lange

          As a poet who's had his share of hiatuses, I so get this. Well done, Tom! 🐦‍⬛🖤

          • Tom Dylan

            Thanks a lot, Tristan. Really appreciate your comments.

            • Tristan Robert Lange

              You're welcome, Tom!

            • Poetic Licence

              That should be written on the front page of every writers book, it is so ept, loved the read

              • Tom Dylan

                Thanks so much. Really appreciate your comments. Cheers, Tom.

                • Poetic Licence

                  You are very welcome

                • sorenbarrett

                  Glad to hear it. We all take a hiatus once in a while and a needed rest allows the muse to recover. So glad you are back although you never left.

                  • Tom Dylan

                    Thanks a lot, my friend. Really appreciated.

                  • orchidee

                    How ya writing those poems while riding a bike?! lol.

                    • Tom Dylan

                      I proper lolled at that, Orchi! Nearly fell of my bike! 🙂

                    • Jerry Reynolds

                      Good write, Tom.

                      • Tom Dylan

                        Thanks so much, Jerry.

                      • Mutley Ravishes

                        I was wondering where you'd gone. I guess sometimes it's good to take a "break" and let things ferment. And not be too greedy!
                        A funny rhyme, Tom. Loved it! Now, how to "try with all our might" and yet be effortless at the same time? (Is that a koan?!)

                        • Tom Dylan

                          Thanks a lot for your comments, mate. Really appreciated. And yeah, to try with all our might and be effortless and spontaneous, that is the challenge. Cheers, Tom.

                        • Cheeky Missy

                          Oh you! There's a subtle humor woven through these inauspicious stanzas which leaves a mirthful smile on the lips in concluding. Charming and winsomely rendered with gorgeous imagery and a plucky, determined poignancy haunting it. Like dear Shakespeare, you're so charmingly loveable. Thank you so very much for sharing!

                          • Tom Dylan

                            Thanks so much, Missy. Really appreciated. 🙂

                          • Goldfinch60

                            Keep on writing Tom it does us all good.

                            Andy

                            • Tom Dylan

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

                            • Accidental Poet

                              Once a poet, always a poet Tom. 😉👍

                              • Tom Dylan

                                Could not agree more, AP. Thanks for your comments.



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