Not Just a Pretty Face
I want a poem
I can live happily ever after with
even if we fight
I want a compatible poem
a surprising contradiction
a line that holds open a door
I want a poem
that will talk to me
but one that won’t say
what it thinks I want to hear
I want a poem meant to be
one that compels me
to look twice
to read out loud
to fold over the corner
of a check-marked page
I’ll know it when I see it
a fresh face in the crowd
the poem I browse anthologies
to find
~ Colleen Redman 6/08
Comments
I want a poem to agree with me because I am always right, lol.
www.GreenerPastures--ACityGirlGoesCountry.blogspot.com
Posted by: Debi Kelly Van Cleave | July 6, 2008 9:58 PM
Look no further, my dear...You Wrote It!
GREAT! Love this poem!
Posted by: OldOldLady Of The Hills | July 6, 2008 10:12 PM
Ha ha! Thanks, Naomi!
Posted by: colleen | July 6, 2008 10:51 PM
I want that poem too!!
Posted by: Sherry | July 7, 2008 9:38 PM
I really really like this poem. You have captured me many years ago when I used to read more poetry. Good luck on your search.
Posted by: Tabor | July 8, 2008 8:53 AM
I want to BE that poem!! I love your love of words!!
Posted by: Poe | July 8, 2008 12:59 PM
I want a poem that will rub my back. I've been at this computer way too long, but I had to catch up on some of my favorite blogs. Loved the finger art too.
Posted by: Sharry Teague | July 10, 2008 8:27 PM
Hmm. How about this poem? ;)
The summer like a rajah dies,
And every widowed tree
Kindles for Congregationalist eyes
An alien suttee.
~Ogden Nash
...who also wrote: Reflection on Babies
A bit of talcum
Is always walcum.
~S :)
Posted by: Shephard | July 15, 2008 3:37 PM