navwin » Archives » Open Poetry #47 » Maudlin
Open Poetry #47
Post A Reply Post New Topic Maudlin Go to Previous / Newer Topic Back to Topic List Go to Next / Older Topic
JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2011-10-11 02:18 PM


I think I'm getting maudlin
I also don't think I like that I'm doing so
my goodness|
me! Maudlin
I don't do maudlin
No
I'm the kinda guy who sez
like that movie star
You tells 'em I'm coming
And hell's a-coming with me

does that sound to you like
a maudlin kinda guy
I guess not
still I have to confess
I secretly (not so secret now)
like to read some of the honey-dipped
soppy, rose-scented
love poems
about lost love
and lover forevermore
this has come late in life
my maudlin phase
was wondering why one day
discovered a truism
I'll share with ya
grew up with not much love
in the house
a lot of arguing and things breaking|
against the wall
turned me against
this thing called love
spent most of my life sneering at the word
psst!
another truism
had a lot of women batting their lashes at me
only one meant anything
you know her name
I've said it enough here
even so
couldn't hold her because
I couldn't hold onto myself
but she's the one
true love
she is gone
I'm truly alone
it is the memory of her
that has me
in my later years
given in to being
(((((gasp)))))
maudlin

©October 3, 2011 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are.--Houssaye ~*~

© Copyright 2011 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
1 posted 2011-10-11 03:02 PM


You say that like it is a bad thing. I think your sentimental side is quite becoming.
Lori

JL
Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128
Texas, USA
2 posted 2011-10-11 04:29 PM


If being maudlin means you have a heart filled with human emotion such as love then being maudlin ain't so bad.  In fact it is a more perfect way to be.

Excellent write Jerry.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
3 posted 2011-10-11 06:12 PM


No, I didn't mean to come of saying maudlin was a bad thing, it is just that I have never been such a "devoted" one in my life. Thank you Lori.

JL, I totally agree.

~*~ Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are.--Houssaye ~*~

Michael
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666
California
4 posted 2011-10-11 08:35 PM


How do you spell sappy?  J E R R Y...
If you look it up in the dictionary, I bet it has your picture...lol  

It's a good side to you actually, JP.  I've seen it in your work of late... definately, a good thing.


Michael

JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
5 posted 2011-10-11 09:13 PM


I've been told my poetry is boring and dark, not in those exact words, Michael, so I guess I've caved in and went with the flow.

~*~ Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are.--Houssaye ~*~

Margherita
Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
6 posted 2011-10-12 05:30 AM


"maudlin" that is a new word for me, thank you for enriching my vocabulary ...

I think to become "softer" goes right along with walking down memory lane. Like those photos of which the contours become less nitid and yet they gain in beauty and become like a painting of the impressionism period.

I much enjoyed your poem, Jerry. It reflects your core and the transparency of it.

M

JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
7 posted 2011-10-12 09:20 AM


I so appreciate your comments, Margherita, and the comparison of the photographs that grow old with time and age was a good one. Thank you.

~*~ Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are.--Houssaye ~*~

suthern
Deputy Moderator 1 TourDeputy Moderator 1 Tour
Member Seraphic
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723
Louisiana
8 posted 2011-10-12 12:10 PM


It looks good on you! *S*
JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
9 posted 2011-10-12 12:26 PM


Hah! Thank you, suthern.

~*~ Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are.--Houssaye ~*~

Post A Reply Post New Topic ⇧ top of page ⇧ Go to Previous / Newer Topic Back to Topic List Go to Next / Older Topic
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.
navwin » Archives » Open Poetry #47 » Maudlin

Passions in Poetry | pipTalk Home Page | Main Poetry Forums | 100 Best Poems

How to Join | Member's Area / Help | Private Library | Search | Contact Us | Login
Discussion | Tech Talk | Archives | Sanctuary