One A Day

A mysterious, deep poem to think on when writing or reading poetry. It's also good to read it several times to get the varying possible meanings of the poem. It made me think on the value of a day.

One a day

That's what they say

But who might be the "they"

That tells me things every day

And creepily encourages me,

"Come what may"?

One a day

One poem, one breath,

One chance at life, and one death.

So, that's one today.

Until tomorrow, then.

Author's Note

Feel free to comment on anything interesting about this poem; it has a few different ways that it can be interpreted, so tell me which one you found!

Reviews

[Aura]

One a day... one thing you do every day? I guess it can be like saying you're given one more chance at life, as tomorrow is not guaranteed right? One more chance a day?!. Anyways I found this an interesting piece, thanks for sharing!

[Juliah B]

I like to think that the poem is the chance at life. And every time I finish a poem is some sort of death because the poem is done. "One poem, one breath," comes from the idea that writing poetry is almost as easy as breathing. Breath, voice, poetry, and life all fit together so well in my experience. I can't seem to have one without the other.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

It could be one coffee per day. Which I have
Or could be one smile per day or laugh
Or my mum in the fifties took a bex powder one a day to feel better

Thanks loved your poem very interesting we can relate it to our own one a days

[Juliah B]

You are so right, Julie. Also, hey, we kinda have the same name! Cool. So many things happen once a day, one could make a poem out of it. :)

[willweb]

To me it reads of National Poetry Month which I believe is April but, don't hate me for this, I really am not too sure. But I do know many people who try to write a poem a day during whatever month it is. Me, I write a poem a day even if it is National Stop Writing Month (which is fictitious, BTW) : )

Nicely done Juliah

[Juliah B]

Reading your comment on NSWM made me laugh. This poem is one of my favorites and I'm very happy to share it with you. Thanks for reading and for the thoughts. :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Amazing and worthwhile thoughts in the poetry Juliah.
"One a day
One poem, one breath,
One chance at life, and one death."
I liked the above lines. Direct and true. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Juliah B]

I think those lines might be my favorite ones of all poetry. I am so glad you shared your thoughts as well.

[Pete]

pretty cool ... and i thought they were just a brand of vitamins ... :)

[Juliah B]

Thanks! Oh yeah, I wasn't even thinking about the vitamins when I wrote this, haha.