Once there were parking lots
Now it's a peaceful oasis
~The Talking Heads
Two poems for Poetry Friday. I started out wanting to find something for Earth Day, and the closest I found was the song above. I am not feeling so great, to be honest, so I'm just going to lie down a bit. Hope you enjoy the poems!
Moon
by Frederick Smock
The day lengthens,
the old earth tips its hat
to the moon.
The changeful moon
goes through many phases,
even in a single night,
read the rest here
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The Cure
by Albert Huffstickler
We think we get over things.
We don’t get over things.
Or say, we get over the measles
but not a broken heart.
We need to make that distinction.
The things that become part of our experience
never become less a part of our experience.
How can I say it?
The way to “get over” a life is to die.
Short of that, you move with it,
let the pain be pain,
read the rest here
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Reflections on the Teche has the Poetry Friday round-up. Thanks, Margaret!
Feel better soon, Tabatha. Life sure is full of challenges these days. I heard a great NPR spot on "naps as resistance" yesterday. I love that idea! And, I sure needed that Alfred Huffstickler poem. My goodness...I'd love to sweep grief away. It keeps blowing back in my face. But, this poem gets to the heart of it. Wonderful. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteOh, that Huffstickler poem--wow! Thanks for sharing it. Hope you feel better soon!
ReplyDelete"The Cure" reminds me of a note I received from a friend after my brother-in-law died. She said, "The hole will always be there, but in time, your heart will grow bigger around it."
ReplyDeleteThanks for these posts today! Hope you are feeling better.
I love how poems like The Cure relate what we already know vaguely and put it into words that give that knowledge shape that we can take further. I guess that's why we read great poems. Tabatha, I hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you're under the weather, Tabatha. Feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these wonderful poems. Love the earth tipping its hat to the moon, and "The Cure" so eloquently speaks to a relatable truth.
Hope you feel better soon, Tabatha. I do love moon poems, and it is one that feels like an 'Earth Day' poem to me. And it's intriguing to imagine "seeing the shape of your life". Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI like both of the poems and especially the, "The Cure" it kinda holds on to you and won't let you go, kinda like life… Hope you are feeling better soon Tabatha! And thanks for the interesting numbers the other day on "Imperfect II" YAY!
ReplyDeleteTabatha, sorry you're feeling under the weather. Stay under the covers and get some rest so you can continue finding poems that make us think.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, what a young David Byrne! Great video. :) I also loved the Smock poem.
ReplyDeletePS. I would have thought you would have been feeling better by Friday with the antibiotics. Hope today is better than yesterday and that you're managing to get enough rest.
ReplyDeleteHey M., I had an allergic reaction to the antibiotics and switched to steroids! The steroids are helping. xo
ReplyDeleteArgh on the feeling bad, Tabatha - glad to snoop on your response to Michelle and see you might be starting to be on the mend? You managed to wrangle together a lot of poetic thoughtfulness despite your state! Love that image of grief, and our lives, as shapes....
ReplyDeleteThanks for the musical and poetic goodness, Tabs. Sending you feel better vibes. xo, B
ReplyDeleteTabatha, feel better. Thanks for the poetry that I read a few days ago. I guess I fell asleep before commenting. Thanks for the music link, too.
ReplyDeleteTabatha,
ReplyDeleteI found this unsent comment:
feeling under the weather-sorry about that. Get some rest and find more poems for us to ponder. Wisdom is seeing the shape of your life
without obliterating (getting over)
a single instant of it.
I hope this finds you feeling much better, Tabatha. Oh, the genius of David Byrne. Profound.
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