A Poet's Inventory of Assets

by Karla   Nov 21, 2012


A Poet's Inventory of Assets

Ten abandoned poems printed and scattered on the floor,
some cold coffee sleeping on a stained table,
four cigarettes in a crumpled packet,
a lot of ashes on a bumpy carpet,
old books on brown messy dusty shelves,
a picture of Che Guevara on the wall,
a thousand love affairs that went wrong,
shattered dreams in a cardboard box
and a suicidal note under a bed barely covered.

Karla Bardanza

"If you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine."
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

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  • 11 years ago

    by Baby Rainbow

    I thought this poem was very interesting indeed. I loved the list of things in it and how important they all seemed to be. I couldn't help but think if you made a list of these objects up and gave them to others, how mnay poems we could make from them!

    It is like a box of prompts for writing, and perhaps some of which is already why we have been writing and what has inspired us so far.

    great poem xx

  • 12 years ago

    by L

    Interesting piece, I'm really surprised by the real feeling and scene that the words portrays.

    Though, I'm trying to decipher from where is the point of view coming from.

    after reading the quote, I thought that perhaps this someone didn't commit suicide but that was the whole point of scattering the poems, of leaving the cup of coffee to get cold, and the cigarrettess, the dusty shelves, to make people believe that it was a suicide...

    I could be wrong though.

  • 12 years ago

    by Decayed

    That was really tempting... Visual by all means. I like the addition of Che Guevara, it adds to all other typical things (ashes, cigarettes, dusty shelves, etc...), for it seems that this person has fought fiercely before... and maybe surrendered at the end?!

  • 12 years ago

    by mohamad aref numan

    Avery effective ,emotional,and clear vision of your mood i really liked it

    • 12 years ago

      by Karla

      Not of my mood, sir.But I thank your creative comment anyway.