The Loser Poet

Once again, sometimes it just seems that way

 

 

 

 

The Loser Poet

 

Losing is a habit

engrained upon my hands,

claiming to be something I am not

Peering in with one wicked eye

fashioned of big words

from worn out dictionary pages

 

my thoughts are fire in lower case flames

complete with soiled ash

and filaments swinging in the breeze

searching for the unburned match

the last one… in a long line of empty phrases

 

blank pages filled with everything conceived

along street water girths and cigarette butts

arranged in the shape of a question mark

on my Walmart coffee table…

never once questioning why

 

Oh I have written, I have penned

and my quill is soft and filled with ink

of another’s pain, dripping on tree leaf mosaics

and carpenter footprints,

leading down that path that I lure

unsuspecting verses now lost with me

 

For I am the loser in this game

only because I chose to play by my rules

Penalties don’t count in my court

for I am blind to the truth

that I am nothing more than me…only what I seem

Author's Note

Thank you for reading

Reviews

[SarahLin]

I.m a little slow sometimes. Took a couple of reads but I finaly got it. Thank you for sharing with us.....

[Jack...]

Thank you Sarahlin. Sometimes I am hard to understand...even for myself. :)

[Baby Ricochet]

It's true. Losing is a habit. Good poem Jack

[Jack...]

Thanks so much my friend.

[Lydia Shutter]

You are a master of expressing emotions. Playing by the rules might seem boring to some, but I think it is admirable. Any poem that has the accompaniment of the Beatles is a winner to me! That graphic you found to accompany your words is superb! Deep introspection in this one. Thank you for trusting us without innermost emotions....I can not believe they speak of another's pain. Lydi**

[Jack...]

Lydi, always you make me smile with your wonderful and caring reviews of my work. You are a true gift my friend.

[Lydia Shutter]

My pleasure, Jack. Have a good day.

[kublakhan27]

Here is a very rich piece that will require a few more readings on my part (which is always a good thing coming from me), but you know you're speaking my language here. You're all too familiar with how I've been feeling these days, and this is something I relate to in spades. But that's why we're all here, to support each other in tough times. Being a site that is strictly for writing, it does not take long for us to get to know each other and learn of each others' stories away from the poetry. And I haven't even pointed out the images that I loved here. This will be in my library, and certainly one that I will revisit from time to time.

[Jack...]

Thanks so much Steve and sorry you could relate to this. :)

[kublakhan27]

Such is the life of a poet my friend :)

[BlackRose]

Whether we win or lose, we are all the same, in that we are people functioning as we in our own way. To still be living, more so healthy, we are in some ways more so winners. As if you weren't going to know, I LOVED it, and the way you to told it. Thanks for the read. The song 'Loser' from the group Beck would have gone well for the most part with this too, lol.

[Jack...]

Yes it would have and thanks so much for stopping by and leaving such kind words for me.

[BlackRose]

Of course. I know a FAB poet when I read it. And there are not many but some worthy of the status and more. Read my poem Golden Mind when you get the chance if you haven't yet. It says it well.

[Dr. Wood ?]

another cracker Jack AND one of my all time favourite Beatle songs to go with it....Great stuff

[Jack...]

Thanks so very much Doc.

[s y e]

My friend, the only loser in life are the people who keep something going until the actually restart a fire.... And you know the sad thing is, there's no cure.

[Jack...]

Thanks so much my friend.

[Mark]

The only losers in life are the ones who quit, and the nice thing about that is we can always decide to try again!

[Ruhoun Q. Geins]

I have to respectfully disagree. Everyone, in a sense, is both a winner and a loser. We would be a winner in one aspect of our lives and a loser on the other. Some are born losers and some were destined to be winners. Quitting doesn't make you a loser. It makes you a quitter. Einstein defines insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome every time. Others are just dealt with a bad hand that they have no choice but to fold. They could bluff until the end of hand, but if they go all in and lose, they would have nothing in the end.

[Mark]

Life idealsa bad hand you fold and wait for the next deal, that may be a losing hand but you only lose the game if you quit before things go your way. doing the same thing over and over means you need to re think what you want and what needs to change to get it. Dunno bout being winner and loser at the same time, don't see what hou mean. I do know giving up is for losers. Failure is a lesson not a loss. Chang tactics, learn from mistakes and try again. As long as you keep throwing the dice eventually they come up in your favor.

[Jack...]

You both lost me...just kidding, Thanks so much Mark and Ruhoun for taking the time to read and comment on my poetic offering today.