For the world to still
To hold the wind
Silence the hum
Embrace the
Pant of the deer
The struggle of fledgling
The fleeting of the hummingbird
It will all fall short
The stillness that
Drives discomfort
Draws us back
Tied and belabored
To the knock of insanity
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Author:
Katie B. (
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- Category: Reflection
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This is stunning, you have a firm grip on the very meaning of insanity and the very core of it's being. Kudos. 🌹
Thank you for your generous comments, you have already made my day. Your comments mean more than words can express.
Have a great day!
this is a little bit special .. I like it muchly .. write on my literary friend .. Neville 😎🌻
Thank you kindly, Neville!! Have a great Wednesday!
That well is deep and sourced by a rich spring 🙏🏻🕊️
Yes indeed! Thank you!!
Katie, this really lands…that reaching for stillness, especially through those natural images, only to have it fold back into something unsettling. That contrast holds the whole piece together. There’s something real in that. Powerful write, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Thank you very much Tristan. Thought you might be interested in knowing I was notified yesterday that my poem Acceptance is being included in Allen Ginsburg's 100th Anniversary Anthology. I am beside myself excited!
Good write K.
Nicely written.
Ah it is that knock of insanity that gives interest to the poem and life itself for what would life be if it were not for insanity
Great work
a beautiful poem - well expressed...
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