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Blanks
The habit of filling-in ______
leaves ______.
The ease of lifting ready-made
para _____________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
__________________ graphs,
replacing details, double-checked
based on paper-based identity;
filling in [][][][][] [][][][][][]
(dd/mm/yyyy) sincerely, sworn
true with original signature.
It's when someone asks you
to tell it in your own words,
your story,
all of it,
not just filling in the ______,
that the weight of hesitation,
and doubt pauses your pen.
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Posted to Open Link Night Week 62 at dVerse Poets Pub.
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20 comments:
This post was: funny ____; cool _____; interesting _____; genius _X_!
I like this one :)..Ripe with humor.
Good show!
ha...i would much rather tell the story...but i know the truth in this esp now that i am teaching...oy...so true...very cool structure to this...creative...i like...
Very _______ ___-------- Clever!
Anna, Festivalking, Brian, Daydreamer: Love and appreciated your comments. Thanks! :D
I love poems like this, different, unique and you pull it off magnificently... and the message is so powerful... how difficult it can be to be open and honest about yourself... because it is difficult.
Ha! Very clever. The visuals work well too. k.
So clever :)
This is great! Love it!!
Very uniquely creative and clever...loved the way you tell your story..
Brilliant work! I love this...clever and poignant! :)
Very cool projective, concrete write Raven. Love the fill in the blank aspect, very creative. Really nicely done. Thanks
Serena, Karin, Ayala, Laurie, Nilanjana, PoppySilver and Fred: thanks! Glad you all like. :)
I like the pauses and weight of hesitation ~
This was very well done ~
very cool..very clever...love the whole idea..and yeah...so true as well
How very cool...what a great idea you came up with..and so true, we often hesitate when we have to tell something "real" about ourselves..
Yes-- this is interesting and for me something of a parody of the so-called language poets who are not really about language at all but being abstract, obtuse, and otherwise making a mess out of our art. xxxj
Heaven, Claudia, Gayle and Jen: thanks for your comments and for reading.
Jen: very interesting take on this. I always hope I'm not being too abstract. Nor have I cause too much of an "ugh" reaction with this sort of play. ;)
Anyway this one came from how I'm being asked to write a report and how I noticed I was trying to look for a template make things simpler for myself. I wonder how much I've been cruising on auto to such an extent I'm finding it hard to tell it "in my own worlds".
your poem is awesomely creative
and so very true.
great!
Thank you very much Paige+Shauna. :)
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