My Favorite Pads (revised/reposted)

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ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

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my own state

0 posted 2002-01-19 09:50 PM

In my apartments I have had
quaint worlds I called my pad
I created inviting metaphors
and wrote with gentle wit
while still in my drawers.

I gently drew
from experiences that I knew
in quaint worlds I called home
my center of this universal dome
I reflected on lodgings come and gone
and the countless doorbells I had rung.

hungier nations slew
and the mornings still saw dew
I would continue to write
and the early bird would seek flight.

and search for lodgings, fair and true
of the diaspora, this errant jew.
There was one where old floors shaved
and fresh coats of paint, laid a glaze...

There I thought of Europe on a plan
stayed a year and then to Italy, I ran.
Saw life through a new pair of glasses
in my first lodging in Trieste
a musky old "pensione"
with Deco art and walls of molasses.

Then I graduated
to apartments with students
now here I tried to be discreet and prudent
that passed quickly and I changed cities
taking books and belongings wasn't pretty.

The here and now is a top floor apartment
with a golden park view
far cry from a musky basement
or the Italian country dew

even further from the Arabian crisp air
greeting me outside an apartment compound lair.
Years later looking back on the many places
apartments I have left without traces

landlords come and go with ease
this one now is yet harder to appease.
And what a slease
these landlords that used to please,
but this poem is on the many pads
My anguish on landlords
is saved for later, my lads.

[This message has been edited by ecrivan (01-19-2002 11:40 PM).]

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

1 posted 2002-01-19 11:35 PM

LOL, sounds as if the landlords will get their sequel, a day in the court of poetic justice. Well done, well written, writer.

Canuckster
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since 2002-01-09

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New Mexico, USA

2 posted 2002-01-19 11:36 PM

very vivid poem and quite surprising in some portions.

Thanks for sharing it.

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

3 posted 2002-01-19 11:43 PM

Midnit,

it's a healthy way to work out the unneeded
frustration. I love squirrels for example but they've made their home under my balcony and the landlord doesn't give a hoot!Poetic justice for all!

Canuckster,

thanks for your feedback, the intent is too
invite other poets to write about their habitats too

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

4 posted 2002-01-20 01:41 AM

LOL, maybe he would give a hoot if owls nested there? Sorry, I couldn't resist. BTW, I really did like the poem. It had many interesting twists and turns.

Mac Attack
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since 2001-12-12

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Ontario, Canada

5 posted 2002-01-20 02:51 AM

I remember this one, well worth the re-post!

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

6 posted 2002-01-20 09:24 AM

Midnit,Mac Attack

I do have a wonderful view of a park near the downtown of the city though, even if there aren't any owls,lol

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