No relation to mine. I liked this because if I could do life over I might have gone to school and become an archeologist. I love to dig and find. Now I do that with words as you do too.
At the risk of you writing me a new one, the perfectionist in me has to mention your extra syllable in the last line. And if I really wanted to offend you I would rewrite it like this...
In the still of night
Archeologists find
Bones of a poem
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2 Years Ago
That's wrong. Archeological is right
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I don't know. Now I want to add will to it. Archeologists will find. Who am I to mess with your shot.. read moreI don't know. Now I want to add will to it. Archeologists will find. Who am I to mess with your shot! Sorry
no problem, although my last line had five syllables as in senryu, five, seven, five.
thank y.. read moreno problem, although my last line had five syllables as in senryu, five, seven, five.
thank you, Bill,
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But I guess we could fight over "poem" as being one or two syllables....If you see it and pronounce .. read moreBut I guess we could fight over "poem" as being one or two syllables....If you see it and pronounce as two....then yes, there is one too many....
and touche....
I have always pronounced like "pome" .....
Peeano or Pie ano....mmmmm
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That was my first thought too. I guess it is one of those words that can go both ways. Swings both w.. read moreThat was my first thought too. I guess it is one of those words that can go both ways. Swings both ways. Androgynous words. Interesting idea......
Love it. Straight to the point. I have a "coffin" (shoe box) loaded with bones of what I meant to be poems. Once in awhile a late night venture brings one of them to life. ~Jim
My poems have plenty of bones. Unfortunately they need flesh too and a beating heart. This reminds me of all the skeletons in the poetry closet, waiting to see the light of day. Really like this brevity J.
Chris
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2 Years Ago
Oh Chris, your poems have so much heart....and flesh that is the description that makes us see and f.. read moreOh Chris, your poems have so much heart....and flesh that is the description that makes us see and feel so much.
j.
If and when words come to me it is in the quiet, morning hours before leaving for work.
I'm not a night owl like you Jacob, I like my zzzzzzzz 's :)
Good morning
Originally from Bronx, NY, I live in Carbondale, Illinois...teach English at a community college and have been writing and publishing poetry since 1970. I am here to read for inspiration from other po.. more..