All I Want Is a Ride
to the Festival,
where I’m to appear
onstage.
No not all. I want
a great performance
to sell my books.
I want a Plus 1
to take. Not a new1
the old.
I'm still playing with textu. This one is written for Friday Writings #127 at Poets and Storytellers United, where Magaly invites us to write something which includes the phrase 'all I want is.'
And yes, at the time of writing, I was experiencing some possible difficulties about getting there, but that's now been resolved.
And a few more:
All I Want Now
Recovery
from gut-punch
accusations:
my 5-yrs-ago ‘relentless
bullying,’ my ‘misogyny.’
.
And, do I still run a writers’ group?
If so, she’d love to join.
Out-of-the-blue comments on my TikTok, which left me reeling – from very disturbed lady who was briefly in an offline writers' group five years ago, and caused various upsets to various people. Apparently I'm the latest target. I have deleted and blocked. (But this message did have its funny side.)
And All I Want Is
to keep on outliving
my dear ones
even though
I so dearly miss them.
I have books to read
books to write
a world
to cherish …
memories
to linger over.
Really All I Want Is
the light on ocean
swirling waves, waves gliding
to be among trees
watching sky through a tall forest
the sky’s endless
patterns and fluctuations
A wonderful collection of thoughts and words - thank you for your visit - Jae
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! Thank you for having a look here.
DeleteBeautiful imagery.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteIt is a very demanding format. Too restrictive for me, I fear.
ReplyDeleteA disturbed lady's out-of-the-blue point of view can be truly shocking but nice to know there was a funny side as well as inspiration for a textu. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure she was oblivious to the irony of her own self-contradiction!
DeleteGreat choice of words and subjects - especially like the last one - the light on the ocean -
ReplyDeleteThat's my favourite too!
DeleteI really like the progression, especially since things get better. I don't get people who make this kind of problems for others. And name calling? Really!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I can't wait to try this form.
Oh, 'seriously disturbed' is actually an understatement. 'Dangerously unhinged' is how my employer at the time described her, having had to help others of her staff recover from their experiences with this woman – not physically dangerous, but dangerous with words. I don't think we can judge by normal standards; she possibly believes what she says. In any case, there's no reasoning with her. (She was sectioned for treatment back then, but I don't know what happened thereafter.)
DeleteTo happier things – can't wait to see what you do with textu.
Good luck with the on stage performance. Hope you have lots of book sales. Impressed with your awesome energy. I love short forms because I like brevity in poetry but textu (w00hoo...nah....not for this little black duck:)....Rall
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for the good wishes; will be setting off for Kyogle soon. (The performance is part of their Readers and Writers Festival.)
DeleteThat's all I really want too. I miss the ocean.
ReplyDeleteI hope you may be able to visit it some time soon.
DeleteYour "want list" poem is as wonderfully creative, diverse and candid as YOU are!! Shame on the Tic Tok lady.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Helen, for those lovely words!
DeleteWhat a wonderful collection of thoughts here, Rosemary. The last is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sarah. That's my favourite too.
Delete"I want a Plus 1 / to take. Not a new1 / the old." - this is what a super-talented poet can do with even micropoetry... elevate a normal start to this stomping end, all in a few words. Sigh! Do you still run that writers' group... I want to enrol too!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rajani. What an asset you would be to any writing group! As you are to the P&SU community. No, it came to a conclusion when COVID paused it a long time, and we realised everyone had got what we needed from it by then. A few of us still meet for lunch and a catch-up three or four times a year.
DeleteThank you. I've got so much from P&SU, especially when I just started my blog... very grateful!
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