Reading Writing and Thinking today.....A Poem by MarshallReading and Thinking today! Today it was cold and blustery and the wind chime was busy with the same crisp notes tinkling away unsure of which tube to twang first, but it did sound good. My dog Petals curved up like a huge comma rolled his soft eyes in his head. She watched me walk around, just shifting his eyes following my movements. She knew I was thinking serious, but not about dogs but something more like cosmic nothingness and our own existence in this genetic soup. Dogs know when we get loopy. They whine and whine telling us to STOP IT and go vacuum the floors instead. We usually don't understand pet philosophy. Some do though. After writing a whole new chapter of my new book It was time to let the grey matter rewind back into reality and just doodle around thinking silly thoughts. Several poems in todays reading were truly uplifting: Imprint ( by Catniss), for one, was superbly crafted in symbolic language that soared way above the ordinary. I wrote drafts for several poems but crunched up the paperwork and aimed for the paper bin- four misses, one in! Next I read some poems by Mary Szybist:Incarnadine and loved the exactness of the wording. Finally, I sat down to write this poem and discovered it wasn't turning out the way I wanted it to read and said: Heck! thats the best I can do today! I looked at Petals, she wagged her tail just this much and so after that approval I decided to publish it. Dogs understand us better than wind chimes? © Marshall Gass. All rights reserved, a month ago Author NotesAn older poem.......... © . All rights reserved, 2 months ago- See more at: http://allpoetry.com/poem/11601537-Reading-Writing-and-Thinking-today.....-by-Marshall-Gass-noguest#sthash.sFL0Xaqj.dpuf© 2014 Marshall |
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