Unpopular!

Unpopular!

When the last act was read,

the final curtain fell,

there was no applause;

no-one took any notice.

Reviews

[Aswin R Prasad]

Nobody is born popular.. Everybody might have felt this. The feeling of not being appreciated. As a writer I sure have faced many situations were I thought my talents were left unseen.. But that's how it is..
It's hard but if we can overcome that , it'll be the best for us and it'll help us be better in the future. :)

Great write.. Relatable. :) Keep writing!

[andrew mitchell]

The final line " The theatre was all but empty" I omitted to make this poem applicable to many a situations but really was about the theatre. Thank you Aswin for the visit.

[Aswin R Prasad]

I don't see that line .. o.O

[andrew mitchell]

that's because i omitted that line in the end lol.

[Aswin R Prasad]

Invisible line.. lol xD

[Ruth]

How sad, could apply to so many situations and within also. This is concisely full of impact. Each line a lament unto itself, wow :)

[andrew mitchell]

Yes indeed,many situations, how the in crowd can just move on somewhere else. Thank you Poppy

[Lydia Shutter]

Very sad indeed! It seems that way with some of our poetry posted, doesn't it? Sometimes a poem gets hardly any notice at all. Lydi**

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Lydia, be it poetry or the theatre, yes if the audience doesn't turn up, its like the in crowd have moved on.

[Terpsichore]

What's worse than being reviled, being ignored of course! Spot on andrew; I've already put in my will that a few bob has to be spent on hiring some mourners before the relatives get their claws into my pile. :))

T

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you so much Terpsichore lol:):)

[Pryde Foltz]

yes ... well we have all been there:):):)

[andrew mitchell]

yes we have lol.

[V]

Ignorance and rejection it's what your poem makes me think of. Bluntly and soberly written down, the artists become sort of shut down without recognition.

[andrew mitchell]

Yes when yesterdays fashion becomes unfashionable so to speak like comedy which changes with the times. thank you Vanessa

[andrew mitchell]

I omitted the last line " The theatre was all but empty." to make this write more general.

[V]

Thanks for the info. You're welcome.

[RomaJ]

Wow. That's just sad. I suddenly felt like I was standing all alone on a stage....and naked! Yikes.
On the bright side, "the curtain fell, and no-one took notice" See...The power of positive thinking and finding humor in all things haha...:) love this.

[andrew mitchell]

thank you roma nice to hear from you again.

[Einstein Noodle]

tell it like it is brother! i think the feds should order your anthem ..yes anthem on every teens forehead ...to remind each other how important we really are ;)) another wonderful nugget for me noodle .. thanks for sharing my friend!
E.

[andrew mitchell]

lol thank you e

[jacob erin-cilberto]

what a hard way to go....no applause, no notice...

sometimes we poets feel that way....totally ignored....like the curtain fell right on us and smashed what little ego we had to start with, right into the floorboards.

j.

[andrew mitchell]

thank you for your words j