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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2011-01-28 02:04 PM

CAUGHT UNAWARES
28 January 2011

A long ago any song
in a sort of remember voice
bites into my breath
paralyzing today
and the yesterdays roll
smudging the dark
and sun-tingeing the light
and a smile
relaxes
my toes.

Owl

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

1 posted 2011-01-28 02:18 PM

That is some kind of song, Owl, to relax your toes. I understand that though, and your poems is just wonderful and catches the imagination perfectly.

Each night a little before I go to bed I got to youtube and listen to a variety of singers/bands.

~ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. ~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat (01-28-2011 03:34 PM).]

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2011-01-28 02:37 PM

Thanks, Jerry.  Smiles!  Yes, sometimes I hear a song or a singer – that catches my breath and throws me back years – the song doesn’t necessarily remind me of a particular person or incident – just a vague time of my life, and the memories' sharp corners are blunted and rounded and nostalgia overtakes me for a good long while.

What a lovely idea to listen to music every night before going to bed! I am going to remember that to suggest to people who complain of insomnia. Unfortunately if I listen to utube, my computer memory, or audio program or whatever, isn’t sophisticated enough or updated enough to be able to listen without several long interruptions while it is rebuffing or re-whatever-it-is-called.  I suppose it is a matter of finding out what and updating something.

Thanks for the lovely things you said about my poem.  I am glad you enjoyed it and “got” it and lived it.

Owl

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

3 posted 2011-01-28 03:00 PM

You write with such class Diana.
Sometimes the moment can really overtake a person and the good times once enjoyed come with a relaxing contented smile.

Loved this write of yours.
Peculiar how it goes. I picked up the Telecaster the other night and I was in the mood to create and nothing would come through my fingers, there was a such a canyon between my mind and fingers but yet I remembered some things that I loved to hear and the memories came flooding in.

Eric

Forget the Psychiatrists they just find out all about you and sell you back to yourself!

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

4 posted 2011-01-28 03:31 PM

please....never, ever let that tune get out of your head...this was crisply refreshing

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2011-01-28 03:41 PM

Eric you say the loveliest things. I am glad you were so much a part of my poem.

Steaven, thank you so much. You, too, smile me to my toes!

Owl

faithmairee
Senior Member

since 2011-01-05

Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA

6 posted 2011-01-28 05:51 PM

so eloquent in your expression...i, like JerryPat listen on utube and it always improves my state of mind though i don't do it every night....maybe i should...your poem is just lovely

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

7 posted 2011-01-28 05:53 PM

Thank you, Faith, for your kind words.

Owl

XGarapanX
Senior Member

since 2008-06-19

Posts 1435
Antarctica

8 posted 2011-01-28 11:00 PM

·´~`·»Garapan«·´~`· "Look! Crumbs on his jacketses... Heeee took it!"

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

9 posted 2011-01-28 11:17 PM

These are so good, Diana.

You keep catching me unawares, "a smile relaxes my toes"

That is just perfect--and this is good medicine.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

10 posted 2011-01-28 11:27 PM

My new puppy has chewed through my power cable. I hope I can get one today, but may not be able to get one until Wednesday, if at all as my laptop was bought in 2007.

I don't have much battery power left.

Just explaining why there may be no response from me, if there are more responses to this poem.

Thanks, Garapan (I think).

Thanks, Karen. Smiles. I am glad you enjoyed it.

Owl

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