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Open Poetry #12

Fingering a Phrase Phase

Sunshine

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0 posted 2001-02-12 09:49 PM

Fingering a Phrase Phase

to turn a phrase
I take my pen
wrap it around my fingers
and then
write my mind
turn corners sharp
with a little speed
then speed of warp
as if in need…

I wonder then
who shall find
these little ditty words
of mine
be they big
or be they tall
be they boisterous
or spirit small
~ shall they smile
with little guile? ~

so what if my mind
is dumpy and gray
even when I've not much
to say
my fingers take on a
life of their own
sometimes I think
"on and on they drone"
but then I just
leave them alone
till they work themselves
down to their bone…

and then…
and then…..
that is when
the mind takes over
and fresh as fields of
purple clover
it goes running like
that old dog Rover
playing with its bone

even though these fingers
are tired and weary
my mind awakes
bright and cheery
wanting then to take them on
and Fingers look at Mind…
and off they wander, long gone…

"she turns a phrase,"
~ a passing phase ~
oh, it's been said
and I ponder if, when
my mind was dead,
you knew my fingers
were doing the walking
when all along you thought
it was my gray
a'talking…

so my mind takes a twist
but then it detours
when once it was set
now is unsure
it looks 'round corners
and only finds mirrors
it seems to fly upward
then caught
in downdraft sheer

as one side fights
with the other side's way
the mind in abeyance
is held up in sway
and while it's pondering
on thoughts long gone
those fingers come back
to wander
on, and on….

so next ponder
when you're out walking
if it's you
and your mind;
or if it's your fingers
that do all the talking….

02.12.01

JLR
Senior Member

since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

1 posted 2001-02-12 10:07 PM

My mind, my fingers, my heart.....they all have a mind of their own and go walking as they choose! No wonder I get into so much trouble. This was a playful phase with phrases and I enjoyed it immensely----no matter who was doing the walking.

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