yearning.

yearning

is a silly word

fraught with images

of Byron, of Keats

of tousle-haired and

hollow-eyed pale forms keening

from atop some picturesquely gothic mound

"Lenore, Lenore.. oh Lost Lenore"

ugh.

yearning

is a word i simply don't have time for..

it doesn't fit

the day to day knowledge

of this hole i've got inside me;

the hollow sounds it emits

when the nights are long and wind-tossed

keep me up,

because, really,

who could sleep through

such an infernal racket..

the cavernous space 

you've left behind

makes it unsatisfying to eat

because, really,

what's the point

when i never feel full..

i'm itchy, unsatisfied

within this skin that's housed me

comfortably

for eons before i knew

of your existence

no, yearning

is such a stupid word...

make it stop already!

Reviews

[Sweet_pale_cacophony]

wow..lol..i myself this morning was trying to write something on 'yearning' and you got to believe me ..was just wondering what would be an apt analogy for it...jennie..now i am wondering if i should be writing another poem with the same title..hmmm..
i immensely enjoyed your write..you so effectively and lucidly bring out in words this hollowed vacant void that can burgeon your soul and lie there gaping with all intensity there...
i have some favorite lines here..which were just yummilicious..
i'm itchy, unsatisfied
within this skin that's housed me
the cavernous space
you've left behind
makes it unsatisfying to eat
because, really,
what's the point
when i never feel full..

[Iota]

Now how can one ever stop the power of nature, yearning is just one of her forces. Voids are ever so hard to fill, an endless pit of nothingness devouring us eternally. I can understand not wanting to yearn, but how can we ever prevent it. I had a chance to read many writers tonight but I know I saved my favorite for last to enjoy into the dreaming night. Great write.

[mope]

Denial is so entertaining to witness in someone else. Nice sardonic irony. You've done an amazing job of melding these turns of phrase into a variety of facial expressions and tones of voice.

It's strange how pigeon-holing our feelings simply by giving them a name transforms and belittles them most unjustly, but we are compelled to do so.

[Buddhistboy73]

yes, I loved this write...
great visuals, good flow, and great words...
"it doesn't fit the day to day knowledge....of this hole I've got inside of me" fantastic...
and I liked the last line too...
look forward to reading more of your stuff on here...

[Antonio Valentino]

I yearn, therefore I am.

Life is a balance of yearning and furnishing, wanting, and giving.

The character in your poem, yearns for her emptiness to stop.

I yearn for your poetry to not.


Wonderful Jennie!
Antonio xx

[Gandré]

wow.. Jennie, this is vibrrrrating! The 1st stanza absolutely.
the hollow sounds it emits
when the nights are long and wind-tossed----------this, to me was the definition of the whole poem. wonderful, that's what yearning is.

Jennie, I think this is my favorite poem of yours, so intense, so true in its statement, i.e. who could sleep through
such an infernal racket.. ------ so piercing your words.. and everybody can relate to them. That's the art, in my opinion, the reader 'should find himself in words of poetry'.

i'm itchy, unsatisfied
within this skin that's housed me
comfortably
for eons before i knew
of your existence----------- this stanza addresses concrete the one; this is the art to invoke a reaction between the words, wonderfully done, this.

And, the end, is quite intelligent: One should not allow to get lost in fantasies for too long, and, not at all, to get lost in the past. So this stanza tells me, returning back to present is the best and - making the best of it. I loved how this poem touched me. Such a great poetess you are!

[miSS LEaf]

yearning.. desire.. wants.. needs.. all is ok if we are their boss, not the opposite..
(i'm looking at my own invisible 'hole', wondering.. yearning.. make me stop, somebody...!)




oh, hello Jennn *hugsss* :)