"Whippoorwills...

Abstractions are as we make them?  ...find them?  ...live them?  Yes... they are.

“Whippoorwills…”

 

We can

deal

in abstractions -

all our existence

...and THAT is ok...

but sometimes I want to

hold,

and touch,

and FEEL

and hear

and see

and breathe,

and

shake - react - SQUEEZE

...life.

 

Sometimes I want

- I want e v e r y t h i n g.

And sometimes just lil things…

and then others - it’s nothing -

nothing at all.

But that is me and my being

real.  That’s life as it is -

what and how we know.

 

Now I lay me

where your dreams don’t count

for it’s rosemary and scarlet

weighted clouds

and lightning’s arcs,

lavender’s touch and

sundrops and marionettes,

the taste of nickels’ and dimes’ choice

of flavors past and yet

then the pulpit symmetries that only last

‘til they …don’t.

And I wish the echoes…

well…

really I do

wish

the echoes …too.

 

Chris

 

 

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

echo the beauty of it,
everything that smells like it,
and looks like it.
NICE!

[Vanesa Markovic]

I've just discovered your work, and I have to say, you are a truly gifted writer.
"Sometimes I want
- I want e v e r y t h i n g.
And sometimes just lil things…
and then others - it’s nothing -
nothing at all.
But that is me and my being
real. That’s life as it is -
what and how we know."

I found this stanza sheer perfection.
Something we can all relate to, the human condition.
Excellent work.
-VM

[MomzillaNC]

Great lines. I especially liked your turn of phrase with "rosemary and scarlet weighted clouds"

The truisms contained in your themes are expansive.

[Colton Warr]

This is one of the best poems I've ever read! It's so real and so true! This poem encapsulates life and ones need to live. And be free. And feel. There's so much emotion here. I love it. Thanks for writing this!

[Coyote Poetry]

"Sometimes I want
- I want e v e r y t h i n g.
And sometimes just lil things…
and then others - it’s nothing -
nothing at all.
But that is me and my being"
The above lines are true. I have missed your poetry old friend. Greed is a funny thing. We want too little or too much. Need is our motivator and our downfall. The poem is outstanding. Thank you for sharing.
Coyote

real. That’s life as it is -

what and how we know.

[Chris]

You should call in on World Poetry Open Mic and share your work aloud.

[Coyote Poetry]

I have been trying to create a Poetry reading for years. I went to the libraries. No interest. I did a lot of Poetry reading when I was stationed in California and Texas. A lot of quiet writers need to be heard. Maybe I will read on the World Poetry Open Mic. Right now I'm writing like a madman. On the pace to write 600 new stories and poems this year. Next year verbal poetry and youtube.

[Chris]

you might try Soundcloud... Barnes And Noble usually schedules a Poetry Reading Event - monthly. There are local orgs as well - Lansing has one listed.

[Coyote Poetry]

With work schedule and four grand kids with me. Traveling days are over. I will seek to be published next year. Then I will be become the street poet of youth again.

[Chris]

Good thoughts for today's world...

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you.

[LadyAnn68]

Love the title in this...very appropriate it.

[Chris]

every word is meant where it is... and each HAS meaning... always - just so ya know.

[LadyAnn68]

I know your words...I am in love with them...that makes me want to meet the writer and respect every word....LadyAnn

[Ally Monique]

Desires and wants are part of human nature- it's what plagues us. As children we want the newest toy, or our favorite flavor of ice cream. As teens, we want the love story we see in romance movies and cherry red wine. As adults, we want heaps of money and a mansion that overlooks the ocean. The list never ends. Our wants transform as we age, but nonetheless that desire is always there. Like everybody else, there are lots of things I want..I wish I could be free from that desire, but history repeats itself like a vinyl record.
Thanks for the write! I felt this one :) The last stanza was beautiful

[Chris]

I hope your mind finds its view and as you sit - the thoughts flow and twine and fall from your fingers' tips upon keytops softly calling.

[J.P. Bristow]

I want..I want we are such selfish creatures .....beautiful in our greed of everything life has to offer.....great write

[Ambra Celeste]

Well I can't say I did not feel this one! Especially the first part YES I want to feel too! It's like a craving that needs to be fulfilled. Great Poem. :))

[jacob erin-cilberto]

like frieda, said. we always feel your writes.

i think abstract is just easier...we only feel a portion of the feelings and then put them into poems in bits and pieces, that protects us often enough from feeling the full hurt or pain of life...abstracts are escapes and only half echoes...

and sometimes perhaps we just hide behind the abstracts...we don't want to let others see the entire picture...maybe we are embarrassed, maybe just private...
i used to feel it all and embrace life with reckless abandon...but after so many shocks, lightning strikes...i tend to stay out of the storms a bit more often, keep safer...probably not a good thing either, because when there are echoes, i don't really get what they are saying, not the full meaning anyway...just some abstract noise.