Quiet
was never part of our repertoire.
Now we master
uncomfortable silences.
No practice needed.
Once kindred skin
now separated
by the infinite gulf
of a couch cushion.
I lied when I said it didn’t matter.
It’s years since you smiled with meaning.
A lifetime since I bludgeoned
what mattered
with feathery hammer blows
of ruinous silence.
Okay, I confess, so I’m not a poet (I know, shocking!). I would not call myself an aficionado or a student of poetry, nor am I versed in its mechanics and fine points, other than some ancient long-forgotten lessons. But I enjoy a good poem when I come across one and I do follow some very talented poets. And every once in a while I’ll make a clumsy attempt at writing one (I don’t even know where this one came from) and then move on. Today is that day. Anyway, normal programming will resume shortly.
Tales from the Land Manatee 
This is wonderful, Sean. Heart-breaking.
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Why thank you. I appreciate the kind comments and glad it touched you.
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Wow man, this was not clumsy at all. I loved it. You should do it more often. I mean it.
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Thanks, Bojana. I love your writing so that means a lot. The title was actually inspired by your poem where you worked in Italian musical terms. I’d actually toyed with ending each stanza with a a musical term (but it didn’t quite work, plus seemed too derivative — but then I was like, hang on, possible title here). Anyway, I’ll see about doing some more, but no guarantees — apparently my Muse likes to take long, unscheduled breaks. 😉
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Glad to hear that. By the way, sth you said just inspired me.
I loved that title, thought it was great since you were talking about silence. Now watch out. This is how we all started, toying with things, and challenging ourselves. I won’t be surprised if that diminuendo turns into crescendo one day.
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We shall see!
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It’s official: you are a poet. Deny it all you want, the fact remains. As Bojana said, this isn’t clumsy. Now that I’ve read all three of your poems, I see you already have a distinctive style. You end your stanzas with something like a “punchline” and it works great.
Again, great theme and an excellent opening stanza. And again, no “like” or “reblog” button. So how do I reblog you?
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Thank you so much. Hmm I dont know why there isn’t a reblog button. I shall look at my settings.
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I’ll try to look again too, maybe it was a glitch or something. And your poetry was really good!
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Thanks! Yeah, it’s more than a glitch. I’ve been chatting with Support and it’s so mind boggling dumb on their end, I’m going to have to blog about it. But sadly, no Reblogging for the foreseeable future.
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