Tar Baby

Tar Baby

A Poem by Einstein Noodle

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Tar Baby
Sadness came slowly like
the turning of leaves in Fall breezes
the colors
impregnable with the mind

only hearts

discern                   
red bursts     -       the 
yellow ripe lemons,
ethereal rusts,
pinion green cones
bleeding red oak and dogwood Easter blossoms

cut and split for fuel

we can know love

I went after it once 
down new avenues    -     lain
in hot macadam
I looked away 
I'm not sure what you did
as I watched
black asphalt poured over
old bones and memories

04/05/22
E.

© 2022 Einstein Noodle


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“Sadness came slowly like
the turning of leaves in Fall breezes
the colors
impregnable with the mind
only hearts
discern “
Exquisite E., and so moving. Flow, words ‘al punto’, Imagery, colors, pathos, simile - all perfect. I could not help but follow this spiritual journey from alpha to inevitable omega. All of the colred bursts of love are what define and elevate us. Kudos my supremely sensitive friend…

Posted 2 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

thank you for such a sensitive reading and encouraging review ... makes me look to keep writing ... .. read more



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a very enjoyable read and you have introduced me to a singer I'd not heard before
Thankyou for the read and the singer

Posted 2 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

Dave! so happy always to have your visits .. Sade is incredible in my opinion .. i listen to her son.. read more
I am listening to the song and I am reading your words. A heart overtook by the black tar. Won't need anything no-more. Very nice dance of words my friend. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry. I did like this one.
Coyote

Posted 2 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

thank you Coyote Man! Sade is one of my favorites .. glad you enjoyed .. yes! the heart can be cover.. read more
Coyote Poetry

2 Years Ago

I did my friend. I have loved Sade for many moons. You are welcome my friend.
Textures and colors popping line to line. Smells pulling the reader by its nose. Grinning ear to ear to reading this.

Posted 2 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

i couldn't ask for more my friend! thanks so much for taking time ... great review much appreciated!.. read more
duff

2 Years Ago

My pleasure E. Great writing.
“Sadness came slowly like
the turning of leaves in Fall breezes
the colors
impregnable with the mind
only hearts
discern “
Exquisite E., and so moving. Flow, words ‘al punto’, Imagery, colors, pathos, simile - all perfect. I could not help but follow this spiritual journey from alpha to inevitable omega. All of the colred bursts of love are what define and elevate us. Kudos my supremely sensitive friend…

Posted 2 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

thank you for such a sensitive reading and encouraging review ... makes me look to keep writing ... .. read more
you do realize Tar Baby is a derogatory term for African Americans, perhaps not.
its origin is from the Uncle Remus Stories that was adapted by Walt Disney as Song of the South.
it has been banned word wide since turn of the century.
ya might want to consider renaming it just sayin

Posted 2 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

but ... you haven't shared your thoughts and feelings on Sade's song, "Tar Baby" .. you are right .... read more
keith

2 Years Ago

i like the intro, lounge jazz, but then it changes into another run of the mill background music, re.. read more
Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

oh! ... well .. i can't help you there can i? .. it wouldn't be fair :)))))))
Wow! This can bring tears to eyes. I felt sadness permeating through life's losses of relationships or persons. What a title sir Einstein!
Your lines reveal lots of unfortunate things that happen in our lives.
I hope to meet in paradise one day with all God's servants.
See you another day my friend.

Posted 2 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

yes! i hope for the same sir! to rejoice in the greatness of God with all the saints ... ahhhhhhhhhh.. read more
Sami Khalil

2 Years Ago

Yes siiiirrrr. You are welcome my friend.
"we can know love....
I went after it once...."
This is so sad yet so beautiful. Loving and losing is one of the most powerful and life altering experiences one can ever have. Beautifully expressed.

Posted 2 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

i so agree with you sonnie! it has given birth to some of the most enduring creative writing of all .. read more
sonnie ibadah

2 Years Ago

Well said!
A gem worth the return to the café, and the roads new or resurfaced bring the possibility of new and former destinations; and now that they are lain and still being laid we find ourselves following that macadam road, clicking heels together and setting off with other writing friends. Thanks for having shared. /Frederick.

Posted 2 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

and thank you for your encouraging review! i feel pretty gratified it spoke to you and really like w.. read more
Good morning,
Opening our hearts can be painful..in the end but also can bring great joy..
Yes, dare to be open...what the heck..
I have loved and lost but always stayed open.
Your poem although is filled with pain it also feels like a big question..Do I Dare!! Bad memories can can covered up by good ones...
Why not??
Lisa, now in Spain



Posted 2 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

I agree Ms. Lisa! taking a chance and getting hurt, disappointed, devastated even; is something to b.. read more
Lisasview

2 Years Ago

You are most welcome..
"black asphalt poured over old bones and memories"......Mr. E. this is so powerful! Isn't lost love so much like that? Sometimes, in order to move on, we need to seal that loss. "Bleeding red oak..." was another line that was so visual to me. Those trees can be used as fuel to warm to body, soul and heart. Very moving Mr. E! Thank you, Temp



Posted 2 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

thank you for your kind and sensitive reading of this poem .. i appreciate you very much! i feel pre.. read more
Temperance

2 Years Ago

I believe we all hope our work touches the reader in some way.
Einstein Noodle

2 Years Ago

:))))))))))))))))) yep!

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