Somewhere Near the Far Side of Insight

Neville


Notice of absence from Neville
If I get the thumbs up tomorrow from my Doc, I hope to be in Miami on Friday for three days before jumping ship and spending three weeks sailing around South America .. Sheesh, what we do to try n get a touch of inspiration eh' .. Take care while I'm away & please forgive any delay in my going quiet for a while .. Hope to return feeling better than I do write at this moment .. AGT's Neville 😎👍

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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  • sorenbarrett

    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.

    • Neville



      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 😎👍

      • sorenbarrett

        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)

        • Neville


          Where exactly should I ask him to lay anchor .. pm me please ..

        • orchidee

          Good write N.

          • Neville



            Nice one cheers .. Neville 😎👍

          • Tom Dylan

            A fine write, Neville. Nicely done.

            • Neville


              Ta Tom thanks a ton .. Neville 😎👍

            • rebellion_in_sanity

              Starting from Still till end- breathtaking. Simply words pregnant with meaning. Perhaps that is what a good poem is all about. A definite fave.

              • Neville



                Thanks a million r_i_s .. I'm made up .. Neville 😎👍

              • Neilton

                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🫶

              • NafisaSB

                a fine and inspired write...

              • Doggerel Dave

                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....



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