Fancy That

( a spontaneous write)

when we converse
about verse and so many
other matters
on life and tattered
relationships
nattering away as though
we have known each other
forever
it never crosses my mind
we won’t ever sit in the
same room together
well it didn’t until today
when a tidal wave of dismay
swept over me
and for a moment
i was swimming in sea
afloat but the boat had sunk
whoever would have thunk
it

Reviews

[Thomas W Case]

Great work of assonance. Very well crafted. Superb work.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you for another encouraging review Thomas. All the best.

Chris

[andrew mitchell]

Fancy that, a great saying says I. But don’t thunk, think! We all share snippets from our lives and influences and that what shapes our thinking be it sad or happy. Another fine write Chris from your pen.

[Chris Shaw]

Many thanks Andrew. Wishing you a happy and healthy new year. All the best to you and yours.

Chris

[Gee]

Wouldn't it be good to get the cafe folk into one room, provide a wee bit of alcohol and see what happens. I wonder if the arseholes who try to create merry help would turn up!
😎

[Chris Shaw]

Now that would be quite something Gee. Add a bit of booze and I’m sure it would be worth watching:)Thank you my friend.

Chris
Chris

[Davidgeo]

Sometimes I get sad, this made me very sad... no one will ever love me like I do. Ever.

I'm not sure how that makes me feel. I've worked in the health care and military fields before... it makes me feel ambivalent sometimes... I love people, I would go to great lengths for them... but I love myself probably more... but I am a person... existence is confusing to me. A love hate relationship.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Davidgeo for sharing your thoughts here. Pleased you stopped by. It’s been a while. Don’t be sad.

Chris

[Andrew John]

I've sometimes thunk, too, now and again. Nice read here, Chris. Always interesting to read your stuff.

[Chris Shaw]

Many thanks Andrew. Pleased you called and you enjoyed the poem.

Chris

[Neville]

a spontaneous review .. I trust you woz wearing your wellies or at least a life belt .. and that you cheered up shortly after .. I also imagine he may have felt similarly and for more than a moment .. but then, he is so bloomin unpredictable and prolific .. Neville

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you my friend. Prolific yes. Unpredictable? Not at all. He is most predictable.

Chris

[Masked writer]

This is very true, infact I met a person I was chatting to in a medical office, when I was waiting to be called, and was taking pictures back and forth i'd realized they were sitting across the room...

[Chris Shaw]

Many thanks for your thoughts Masked writer. Pleased you stopped by.

Chris

[Vol]

Chris,
Sure does reflect our digital lives... In the not too distant future, humanity my survive as nothing more than sentient machines...
Vol

[Chris Shaw]

What a depressing thought Vol. Sadly you could be right. Thanks for checking in.

Chris

[Vol]

I had a physics professor fifty years ago who predicted that there would come a time when all of human knowledge could be contained in a self-healing machine, and that is how humanity would spread into the universe

[Soren]

Such a symbolic piece Chris. This one takes me on a trip and a pensive one indeed. I loved the ending.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Soren. Always pleased if my efforts take a reader on a journey. All the best.

read moreThank you Soren. Always pleased if my efforts take a reader on a journey. All the best.

Chris

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Chris.
"it never crosses my mind
we won’t ever sit in the
same room together
well it didn’t until today"
I go back in time. I wish I spend more time with the kind people who loved me. Thank you dear friend for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you dear Coyote. I appreciate your thoughts and visit. Have a good Wednesday.

Chris