Idle

by Poet on the Piano   Mar 30, 2013


I take up time like it has offered me
spacious shelves to cast
my fingers upon-
each speck of dust
is waiting for my
contact-

but I am left without a
binding, a clear answer
as to how I should show
who I am instead of spending
time

on drinking air with me.

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3/30/13 at 5:56 pm

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  • 11 years ago

    by Tara Kay

    I wanna get really excited about this, but I'll ened up writing a comment that's full of exclamation marks, capital letters and crazy expressions that neither can fathom or understand...

    THIS IS AMAZING!!!!! Hot Cross Buns and Easter Bunnies, you really blew me away with the expressions and girl, what can I say?!

    *Takes deep breath* You always manage to pen pieces that don't only move me, make me think, question what I think and what I know, grab my attention and hold it to the end, the way you write short pieces yet still add everything that I love is one of the things I love about reading your poetry.

    You're creative and when I least expect a totally awesome line, you just chuck it in and throw me off guard but that is something unique to you...the use of "drinking air", Oh, I agree...that's creative...but it gave me an image, getting drunk off the air...

    You really did manage to make me feel that sometimes we wait for too long, we don't know when to give up and at other times, when we should be patient, we rush and give up too easily...

    This piece was amazing, MaryAnne, totally got me.

    You're awesome :) xxxxx

  • 11 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    Sometimes life definitely feels this way, like we're waiting around for something to happen or waiting for answers. Interesting way of expressing this, very creative. The speck of dust was an absolutely perfect metaphor. Something that just collects and never moves, definitely enhances that feeling of just waiting and waiting.

    'on drinking air with me'
    ^I agree this was definitely different & creative! Shouldn't me however be 'myself'? The way the poem is written is different so maybe not? ;)

    Well done!

  • 11 years ago

    by Chelsey

    Oh my word....how do you do this?!?! Pen a masterpiece in a few short sentences..Im seriously jealous of your brain girl...I can't fathom it.

    That opening stanza was just amazing. Such intense creativity and well though out word arrangement, I fell in love with it.

    I can picture a clock, dusty shelf. Really became one with this piece.

    Drinking air...nice use of drinking, when obviously poets would saying breathing/inhaling..that was different..

    Love the simple title and how the poem brings such life to it!

    This was wonderful. Well done!