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patchoulipumpkin
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since 2000-01-01
Posts 196
Bermuda

0 posted 2000-01-29 10:25 AM



Sometimes I think
How many people
I meet in the world
How many people
I’m with at
A movie
On a bus
Rollercoaster
A museum
And café

And if I exist
Even if its briefly
For a moment
In their thoughts
Taking time
Away from
Someone
Or something else
Like his
Walk
Mustache
Shirt
Jacket
T-Shirt
And face
Do for me



 
quote:
What matters most is how well you walk through the fire
- Charles Bukowski


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Wendy Flora
Member
since 2000-01-11
Posts 182
Virginia
1 posted 2000-01-29 12:18 PM


I've been there... I know exactly that feeling.  You've captured it beautifully here... the only suggestion I have is not so many line breaks - maybe just spacing - so as not to break up the beautiful flow you've got going.  -wen

 "I am everything you want
I am everything you need.
I am everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you
And I don't know why."
-"Everything You Want"
Vertical Horizon

haze
Senior Member
since 1999-11-03
Posts 528
Bethlehem, PA USA
2 posted 2000-01-29 01:51 PM


excellent writing, you capture the emotion well. I like the flow...the listing as thoughts exist breifly in the moment. Excellent work as always Fine Poet.
Local Rebel
Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767
Southern Abstentia
3 posted 2000-01-29 01:55 PM


patch -- I think you do really neat work and it's totally out of character for me to hack and slash -- especially when I'm reading a good piece like this one...

the thing is -- to me -- as a lover of free verse and beat in particular -- one of the challenges of turning a thought into a poem is to use words less ordinary, so, I twisted your fine work here just slightly into a Rebel style just for kicks ...

Mulling over
the copious people
I encounter in the world

How many people
I’m with at
A movie
On a bus
Rollercoaster
museum
café

And

if I exist

Even if its briefly
For a moment
In their thoughts

Mesmering time
Away from
Someone
Or something else
Like his
Walk
Mustache
Shirt
Jacket
T-Shirt
And face
Do for me

patchoulipumpkin
Member
since 2000-01-01
Posts 196
Bermuda
4 posted 2000-01-29 02:36 PM


Thanks for all your comments, and rebel, i love your suggestion, its great, gives it a bit more flavour, that it didn't have.  Thanks for the ideas..
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