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Glisten
Glisten
No I said listen
To it
Don't talk
Don't write
Of it
Don't emanate
It
Don't engage
With it
Don't imagine
It
Just hear
It
Notice
It
Written stuff
On the wall
Calling you
An it
Intake
Yes partake
Yes embroil
Yes immerse
Outside yourself
Yet within
Religiously
Fully
Inescapably
Indubitably
Yes seriously
Ready?
Fixation enabled?
Really?
preferably?
Indefinitely?
Indescribably?
Good
That's that then
Did you catch it?
Weren't you listening?
Oh man
Now you've done it
You missed it
No I said listen
To it
Don't talk
Don't write
Of it
Don't emanate
It
Don't engage
With it
Don't imagine
It
Just hear
It
Notice
It
Written stuff
On the wall
Calling you
An it
Intake
Yes partake
Yes embroil
Yes immerse
Outside yourself
Yet within
Religiously
Fully
Inescapably
Indubitably
Yes seriously
Ready?
Fixation enabled?
Really?
preferably?
Indefinitely?
Indescribably?
Good
That's that then
Did you catch it?
Weren't you listening?
Oh man
Now you've done it
You missed it
Written by
Northern1
Published 30th Aug 2018
| Edited 17th Sep 2018
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Re. Glisten
30th Aug 2018 7:36am
Nice and interesting write, Northern1. I also like the added picture of the (I don't know the designated depiction) Sweet . I've read about the old school airplane detection systems, for hearing approaching aircraft and thouroughly ---------------------------------------Oh, don't worry, I like your poem and how you presented it. Beautiful work-
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Re: Re. Glisten
30th Aug 2018 11:28am
You know, i think you are right about that photo. Only a soldier ordered to listen for something of no interest to him could look so bored while wearing such a device.
Thanks Archetype, glad you like it :-)
Thanks Archetype, glad you like it :-)
Re. Glisten
30th Aug 2018 3:53pm
Hahaha....that pic is absurdly hillarious. The poem makes me wonder and leaves me kind of feeling suckerpunched. It's cleverly done.
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Re: Re. Glisten
30th Aug 2018 6:11pm
Cognac and poetry writing are strangely compatible, i find
Glad you liked it Angel :-)
Glad you liked it Angel :-)
Re: Re. Glisten
31st Aug 2018 10:13pm
Thank you for sharing that Again. i am a bit of a teaser but i do mean well somewhere deep inside :-)
Glad you at least partly liked it
Thank you
Glad you at least partly liked it
Thank you
Re: Re. Glisten
31st Aug 2018 10:57pm
Don't remind me. Am hoping for a good fall because half the summer went to England. Rain rain and more rain oh yeah and wind lots of wind. i love it here though in a love hate kind of way. It's not as cold as the name suggests though, but if that idea helps keep tourism a bit down then that's something i guess.
Have a great evening
again and again
Have a great evening
again and again
Re. Glisten
1st Sep 2018 7:54pm
Great picture and cleaver poem.
It reminds me of my Grandmother who hated her hearing aid and swore it did not work. When my mother adjusted it and then stood back a few feet, said, "mom can you hear me now", and in a very terse response my Grandmother replied, "NO". Everyone in the room doubled over laughing. I have not thought of that in a long time, < chuckling to myself>
It reminds me of my Grandmother who hated her hearing aid and swore it did not work. When my mother adjusted it and then stood back a few feet, said, "mom can you hear me now", and in a very terse response my Grandmother replied, "NO". Everyone in the room doubled over laughing. I have not thought of that in a long time, < chuckling to myself>
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Re: Re. Glisten
1st Sep 2018 7:59pm
Thank you TIG and glad you like it. Marvelous story of your grandma's hearing aid. Thank you for sharing :-)
Re. Glisten
Re: Re. Glisten
You are correct, it should. Thank you for pointing that out Billy.
Glad you like it
Glad you like it
Re. Glisten
15th Sep 2018 00:18am
Great write. Thought I may have missed it but it's all about the 'it' I believe. There must be better ways to describe one's gender assignment, right, Or have I missed it?
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Re: Re. Glisten
15th Sep 2018 1:43am
You are correct, it is about the it. Much of my poetry is about this it.
i am however not referring to myself as an it. i did for a short time but no longer. Sometimes i am male, other times i am female and still other times i am both and i have become okay with that. It is my natural state so to speak.
This it i write of, this indefinable thing is something i leave up to the reader to interpret.
i am however not referring to myself as an it. i did for a short time but no longer. Sometimes i am male, other times i am female and still other times i am both and i have become okay with that. It is my natural state so to speak.
This it i write of, this indefinable thing is something i leave up to the reader to interpret.
Re: Re. Glisten
15th Sep 2018 1:49am