room for interpretation

for letterhead -- our conversations are delightful -- and for Neville -- cause you get it.

I am not nearly so interesting
as my writing purports me to be
no need to interpret,
I am an open book.
I like a little rhythm though
I tend to disregard
the rules
of timing and counting
and such,
and rhyme my poems
with my own subtle
touch.
I like to keep it real
edit by feel
I am not so good
at picking at the crusts
of poems already penned
and reworking them again
if I say I am bleeding,
I probably am,
so instead of reaching for
a grand meaning,
you might want to call 911

Author's Note

Reviews

[Urja Gokani]

amazingly written keep it up and well penned!

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. I wouldn't dream of not writing. Been doing so for 30 plus years.

[Urja Gokani]

welcome :)

[barleygirl]

While I relate to everything you've stated & I can see these aspects in most of your writing that I enjoy the best . . . my very favorite sentiment: "picking at the crusts of poems already penned" & so on . . . I often advise young writers that critiques are for tucking into the back of our minds, to draw from these ideas for subsequent writes, rather than a critique being a prescription for changing the piece at hand. I've often written about a thing more than once, in different ways, rather than try to hammer on my original expression of the thing. It comes out the way it comes out each time!

[Lyn Anderson]

That is a great bit of advice. I think it kind of drives me nuts to rework the same piece. Some writers love doing that. Like oil painting. I prefer pastels. Once it's done, it's done.

[Papaya]

LOL. This reminds me of that time I was looking for deeper mean in that poem about croaking frogs or something.

You just keep being you, you do it well and we like how you do it.

[Lyn Anderson]

Ha ha. Yes. The frog still chirps daily. :) I wrote about 10 poems about my accident and pain, people kept thinking they were metaphors for relationships, it ended up spawning this and other poems like it.:)

[Papaya]

Lol. Yes, I still laugh about the frog one. Especially when I read stuff like this.

[R.M.C]

A lovely piece. I love your admittance to not following conventional methods, not trying to write in the famous styles many strive to accomplish, but writing as you feel fit, as you want because its your poem and as long as you like it, it doesn't matter what other people think. Great song choice in the Author's note by the way.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for the review. I am not much for a lot of pop music, but this one speaks to me.:)

[R.M.C]

No problem... and I find the song very encouraging myself :)

[Relic]

I'm always looking back at my poems and twisting a few words. I've always done that up to now. I don't see it as important as I used to so most new ones (if I do any new ones) will be posted as is. We all have our own styles.

[Lyn Anderson]

Most definitely, and I find it fascinating. Thanks.

[Érenn]

Haha yes this is a really good one. Well I guess leaving the working on a single poetry time and again, I never really try to to give any deeper meaning to my poetry as such. Most of them are pretty straightforward and I usually think"okay people shouldn't have a problem understanding this one." But then I am left surprised when they end up finding meaning in it which I never even saw myself. Made me wonder did I accidentally create a poem with more meaning than intended? Love the flow this one. I usually never see structure and all. I only see that when I read it there's a flow in the poem that's all ^^ Thank you for sharing. ^^ this is something everyone can relate to ^^

[Lyn Anderson]

thank you for the very thoughtful review. I know exactly what you mean.

[Lydia Shutter]

:) some words mean exactly what Webster's says they mean and not all poetry has some deeper meaning. Additionally, not all poetry is non-fiction. Much of it is borne in the imagination of the poet. I liked this...and the random rhyme...a lot. Lydi**

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you darling Lydia -- yes, I find myself to be fairly literal with a little dressing, either drawing from my own or others' real experiences -- I sometimes mean two things, but I rarely don't mean the obvious.:) On the flip side of that, I interpret metaphors much more literally than some people do. Thanks for the read and the review.

[David Scott]

Yes, we should take poetry and relationships at face value. However, far too often we see a rabbit when there was in fact a duck. So, maybe we do need to consider other interpretations than our first impressions. Sometimes even the poet is waxing words about the grace of the eagle while actually observing far off turkey vultures...
Great food for thought. I think I will have the duck for dinner. ha.

[Lyn Anderson]

Well, at least some people. I remember having a friend once who psychoanalyzed everything I said, to the point where I wasn't sure what to say to her that wouldn't come back to bite me in the a** three days later. Needless to say, things ended badly there.

[Pryde Foltz]

I am never one for critiquing a poem or counting syllables and the like ... other than my own, I suppose. Poems are to be enjoyed and not distilled. Love the humour in this one:)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. I just think sometimes people look too deeply -- I write pretty straightforwardly -- no need to dissect the innards.:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i like that...call 911....and i am this poem...i seldom if ever go back to a poem and rework...they pour out and i move on...and the rhyme only comes sometimes and almost accidentally...

maybe i am the accidental poet...

i really like and relate to this poem.

[Lyn Anderson]

the accidental poet -- let's see where that takes us.:)