Somewhere Near the Far Side of Insight
I don’t just look and see,
but I watch
and I savour and I learn
and then I try
to hoard what I find like
you would
small golden treasures ..
Each strung out
like pretty bunting across
the skyline of
an unfamiliar and all too
brief lifetime ..
As tiny and crisscrossed
as the faintest
of cracks in small glazed
earthenware pots ..
Still here, in my very own
shell I pretend
to bathe in old sunlight ..
While casually
wondering just how many
more wasted
horizons, sunsets, faces
and views,
shall eventually become
little more than
vague opaque scenes each
etched upon
the tired old retinas of this
nameless and near
forgotten mans fading dreams ..
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Neville (
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Neville this poem reads to all us old pots as the shards that we will become. But remember that what is discarded on the trash heap of today becomes the archeological find of the future. Not that I have any illusion that anything I write will survive more than today but maybe if it touches one soul it might make some difference. When teaching there was no greater joy than to see a pupil that made it big come back to thank for the inspiration that they said made the difference in their life. So your words have touched many, me included.
I am truly honoured you have smiled so favourably on this and so many of my other little scribbles my friend .. Your words are invariably heart-warming and so very encouraging .. what more could an old scribe wish for .. Kindest of regards, Neville 😎👍
It has always been my pleasure and you are most welcome my friend have a wonderful trip. While sailing around South America you should stop by and see me. (I know those cruise ships don't like making unscheduled stops but if you tell the captain I'll make him a caipirinha with home made cachaca he might make an exception)
Where exactly should I ask him to lay anchor .. pm me please ..
Good write N.
Nice one cheers .. Neville 😎👍
A fine write, Neville. Nicely done.
Ta Tom thanks a ton .. Neville 😎👍
Starting from Still till end- breathtaking. Simply words pregnant with meaning. Perhaps that is what a good poem is all about. A definite fave.
Thanks a million r_i_s .. I'm made up .. Neville 😎👍
Everything in this poem is just perfect.From the title to the poem and all the words you used to describe in detail.I read it Many times to fully understand it and feel it. Amazing poem!!!
Also have a nice trip ! I hope everything went as planned🫶
You my friend are way too kind but I like it and hope you never change .. Thank you so much .. Please excuse my late response but I have been otherwise engaged until just now .. Seasonal best wishes on their way write now to you n yours .. Neville
a fine and inspired write...
Cheers my friend .. That'll do nicely, very nicely indeed .. Sending seasons best wishes to you & yours .. Neville
Thank you - and here's wishing you and yours a year filled with all kinds of abundant blessings...and a cheerful X'mas.
Missed this - don't know how, you must be well and truly en voyage by now, but still I hope in the 'savor and learn' mode - other rumination for poetry sometime later..... oh, I see....
These things happen so no worries brother Dog .. I have not long been returned & in one piece so please excuse what might otherwise seem like an uncharacteristically long delayed acknowledgement of your visit .. Seasonal best on its way to you n your gang .. Neville
I am not sure how I missed this poem, Neville, but late is better than never! LOL! This is deeply reflective…the way you linger with what’s seen and slowly slipping away. It’s tender, patient, and quietly heavy. Beautiful work, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Good afternoon brother T .. I think this may have been composed as I was beginning to decompose due to the double pneumonia I developed which threatened to prevent me setting sail on a much needed re-habilitative South American cruise (which thankfully, I have only just got back from) .. I hadn't thought about it before but maybe that is why it reads as it does .. Anyway, thanks so much for finding it now .. I sincerely hope you are well and want to send my best seasonal good wishes to you and yours before another bout of jet lag takes hold of me again .. Tarah for now and hope to catch up proper asap .. 😎🖤🐈⬛🐦⬛👍
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