Is it really a poem

Does anyone feel like smiling?

Is it really a poem

if you never write it,

tied in your head

like a cat on a leash

 

Placed on the curb

by an old record player,

hung in a closet

with warm winter fleece

 

Pinned to a board

with a list made for shopping,

stuffed in a box

manufactured for shoes

 

Drawn on a map

as if old, buried treasure,

X marks the spot

if your way you don't lose

 

Stuck in a drawer

with some pliers and thumbtacks,

shoved to the side

as you stare straight ahead

 

Dropped like a hint

that seems no one has taken,

folded and packed,

hidden under the bed

 

Is it really a poem

if you do not share it,

penning your words

for the whole world to see

 

Probably not,

that’s why this one I’m posting

Wishing good morning

to WC

 

Hoping for a few smiles this morning. : )

 

Author's Note

I didn't think so.

Reviews

[Alla Antsis]

will,
Poem is a state of mind…on paper or not – so light and unassuming! Wonderful

[willweb]

Thanks so very much Alla.

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Willweb,

I salute the most ingeniously unusual penname, Willweb ... And, to add to such a salute, I, also, wish to take a moment and compliment this lovely piece of fine Poetry that did, in fact of reality, put a smile upon my face as one who has been a member here on the Cafe off and on of many times, myself, over the many years of way back since 2012 ... There are some good people and fine writers here, some nicer than others, and some more honest than others, while nicely honest is my preferred druthers ...

For the record: I am not a Poet, per se, though I do dabble in, and puke out line that I pass off as, Poetry ... I am a Research Writer and a Writer of Dark Tales, which I have yet to Re-post on this Website known as Writerscafe.org ... I keep planning on, but have simply failed to get around to doing it ... I am actually a decent writer of Dark Stories & gruesome tales ... My stories, as well as all of my Research Articles (posted as Columns & Journals) are posted on AllPoetry.com & can be viewed and commented upon there, until that day when I do get around to posting them here, on the Cafe, once again ...: https://allpoetry.com/Flynn_de_Graham ... Please do allow me to say that we writers are fast running out of true Writing Sites, and I do favor the Cafe or any and all others ...

I have, indeed, enjoyed reading your light hearted words and lines, nicely rhymed, set to pen of page ...

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[willweb]

Thank you so much and nice to meet you. I too have written a few dark stories, articles and have had a few published, though horror is not my first love or even my second. It was an opportunity and I took it. It was fun. I actually wrote a Zombie love story that was published in the collection, "Zombies need love too". I wrote a few flash fiction stories for Dark Moon Digest and had a good time doing so. Thank again for your review of my poem.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

You never disappoint
Your poems are great
Hope you well
I really like this one

[willweb]

Thanks so much Julie for always being so supportive.

[Coyote Poetry]

I loved the complete poem. The below lines, were my favorite.
"Is it really a poem
if you never write it,
tied in your head
like a cat on a leash"
I try to walk a cat once. It didn't work. Cats are like women. They do, what they want to do. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry. I did enjoy this one.
Coyote

[willweb]

You are definitely right about cats and women. : )

[Lydia Shutter]

If no one reads it, I think it is not a poem. Just a conglomeration of words on a page that have little significance to anyone but the poet him/herself. "Dropped like a hint that seems no one has taken" fantastic line! Will, this is a poem....absolutely positively! Lydi***

[willweb]

My friend, thank you so much and I am happy to see you again. Hopefully they got the problems with your profile and pages worked out.

[willweb]

Yes, it appears they did get it fixed. That makes me happy as I am sure it does you the same.

[William Michael Reeves]

Hopefully an afternoon smile still counts. I'll have to go with that first verse. They're like herding cats, running in my head. I rope one and it takes all three of me to write it! Seriously though, I think the moment of conception begins a poems existence. Some get aborted, some are embryos stored in cryogenic vaults between frozen synapses. But all poems have to the right to life, according to our choice.

[willweb]

So you are Pro-Poetic Life then? Very nice, I am as well. : )

[Dave Brown]

A good question
prior to reading this I had posted my own questionnaire on this same subject which likely makes my commentary irrelevant after reading all the comments you have received

[willweb]

Thanks Dave

[AYVID N]

A very entertaining and lively poem full of such amusing musings. We have poems tucked away in every nook and corner and cranny of our existence lol. When writing is a way of life, it is expected that some poems are shared and yet others are written just for ourselves and stay within us. You hit the nail on the head with this so original offering. Kudos!

[willweb]

Thank you Divya

[carl]

Good question. Is it for the doing or for the viewing. Have read of artist that created because they had to, it was in them to express, it had to come out. So I think for them it was/is a poem. But also artist create b/c they have something they want/need to share, so then, no, it is not a poem. Very well stated and thought provoking. Thanks for the post (poem) -carl

[willweb]

Thank you Carl.

[John the Baptist]

Interesting philosophical question here. Is a poem really a poem if no one ever sees it? The work contains a lot of examples of why it's not, but the one that comes to mind for me is whether a stillborn child is really a child. To me, a poem is a poem, whether anyone else sees it or not.

[willweb]

Wow John, that's kind of morbid, don't you think? But, I understand like a falling tree making noise if no one is there to hear it.