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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2017-09-17 03:25 PM

No time for dreams,
reality has taken over
the situation.
The bucket list
isn’t going to happen
because I don’t
care enough
to insist.
Dreams don’t have to
be big to be important.
Though for a long time
I thought it so.
And is often the case,
our dreams have always
been before us in the everyday.
Some of us fail to see
or think ourselves worthy
of a lofty goal or calling.
Others seem born knowing
which way to go.
Poetry has been
a part of me
for long as I could write.
But not until I was fifty
Did I dare to call myself
a poet.
And only then did I give myself
to the joys of sharing
and reading my poetry.
I even put together a book.
But I have never been
bitten by the bug of ambition.
To be a recognizable fish
in a little blue pond
is good enough for me.

LGR©9/17/17

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2017-09-17 03:34 PM

Although I post my poems here and there, I really never admitted to those lofty dreams. Maybe you are correct about not being "worthy." Eh, still I love it when people read me.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

2 posted 2017-09-17 03:56 PM

quote:
"But not until I was fifty
Did I dare to call myself
a poet"

I've never thought of myself as a "poet" Lori Rhoden, but I've always been pleased if someone else thought of me as such...and said so. It hasn't happened often, but I don't wait for it either. I've found that responses to 'poetry' on forums are relative to how a person perceives you personally. My first experience with this concept was in 1998 on an old "single page" site. It was curious then and remains so today.

...just bein' Bluesy

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

3 posted 2017-09-17 04:40 PM

Jerry if you know in your heart you will write poetry even if no one else reads it, then you are a poet. If reading or having your poetry read gives you a thrill unlike anything else then you are a poet. Publishing a book doesn't make you a poet, putting your heart on paper does. ~L

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2017-09-17 04:48 PM

Blusey,
I hear ya. I have other places I'm "known" besides this site...there is the local coffee shop and my parent's retirement home.
Calling myself a poet was a big deal for me, it was like coming out of the closet. ~L

Poet In Pink
Senior Member
Posts 1066
MI

5 posted 2017-09-17 09:32 PM

BUT....Without dreams....What have we then? Hmmmm? Just pullin' your chain Lori Lou Being a goof ~ I say you are a wonderful Poet so there! As for me...There is always time for dreams...That is how a lot of my poetry is born Much enjoyed this! Alana

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

6 posted 2017-09-18 05:52 AM

pinkylilbritches,

dreams are for the young and young at heart, by my age we're supposed to start livin' the dream. I just forgot to set poverty as a goal. My bad. LOL. Dream Big or Go Home and dream anyway you want... ~L

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