- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Zeitgeist
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Click hereOverture:
I have no stories of far Bombay,
few memories of China's shore,
yet the mood comes
insisting, write my boy or die;
so pen's in hand, inking
in the margins of my book
Overdue:
I wonder sometimes
if the great librarian
is looking for that book,
checked out some sixty years ago;
rumination is a tricky thing.
She looks at my card,
considers sending an overdue notice
and then imagination runs wild.
A poof and appears a wizened old man
peeking over her shoulder to see
He takes the card, peers closely
through glasses immeasurably thick
pencils in a new date, replaces it
in the bin marked, new extensions.
"Don't worry about him," he says
carrying away a stack of returns
"he's still writing things I like;
he's not finished yet."
Oleo:
She pulls my card again
checks the new date
and I awaken with pen in hand.
- COMMENTS
UnderYourSpellalmost 11 years agoI was doing ok until I got to 'A poof and appears a wizened old man' which caused me to rather lose the plot, probably because in very unPC English slang 'poof'' has another very unfortunate meaning
HarryHillalmost 11 years agoAuthorI looked at it this AM and saw more I should have done, will do, am doing. Delete your comment? No, you can have me for a paltry few words of interest. I considered making the old man smithpeter, but basically I was saying write or die, as for zeitgeist it has a vague enough meaning, also ambiguous enough to title this poem on at least two levels, or rungs if you will. Thanks for the comment. Write poets though your tongues be numb.
Desejoalmost 11 years agobut since you are a CW I doubt that.
I'm confused, Harry. I hope what you are doing here is including cultural stereotypes like the female librarian and the wizened old man up in the sky and card checkout systems as examples of current/past Zeitgeist, but I'm not sure. I suspect most card checking systems are going the way of Microfiche. Aside from that, awakening with "pen in hand" under the equally anachronistic oleo reference makes me even more dubious about ever eating margarine. Can you explain what effect/message you were trying to convey? It feels a bit like Harry Potter joins the Dada art movement right now.
Ashesh9almost 11 years agoWhat would we do without you & your supportive love on this website??!!
