The Last Poem I’ll Ever Write
It’s just talking
It’s just thinking
then writing it down on paper
I don’t know how to write a poem
I don’t know what a poem is
I always think the poem I’m working on
is the last one I’ll ever write
I have no idea
like I know we all die
but don’t know how or when
What will we do till then?
I just wasted a good title
that I won’t use again
for poems that do as they please
with or without me
___________Colleen Redman / Poets United
October 26th, 2019 3:14 pm
Ah, your title certainly captured my attention. The truth is….we never really know when it will be that we write our last poem, which poem will be our last. It really makes a reader think, and that is a good thing.
October 26th, 2019 4:14 pm
Ha! Yes, Mary. The headline is a bit like false advertising. The title came to me weeks ago and I liked it but that was all that came. Then I just went with it and let it be tongue-in-cheek and making light. I like the contrast of that to the more serious title.
October 27th, 2019 3:52 am
for poems that do as they please
with or without me.
That’s the truth isn’t it 🙂
October 27th, 2019 6:25 am
Have you been reading my mind, Colleen? I was feeling like this over the weekend and, like yours, my poems do as they please with or without me!
October 27th, 2019 7:07 am
Today I attended the celebration of life for a woman who died suddenly and unexpectedly, so this poem definitely hits close to home.
October 27th, 2019 8:27 am
Poems do have a mind of their own, don’t they?
October 27th, 2019 8:28 am
I’m still waiting to write my 1st good poem…
October 27th, 2019 10:00 am
For as long as there is breath in your lungs, I’m sure you’ll continue to write poems. An arresting title.
October 27th, 2019 12:33 pm
I just wasted a good title… love that, but then the samarai’s had a jisei ready before they went to battle. Maybe we should all do the same
October 27th, 2019 1:02 pm
It’s true…the worst writer’s block comes when I try to tell a poem what to do!
October 27th, 2019 1:23 pm
Poems certainly do have a life and mind of their own. Love this Colleen!
October 27th, 2019 2:31 pm
I have written my last poem a hundred times over. I hope to write my first good one. An arresting title!
October 27th, 2019 2:55 pm
I hope you continue to write … your poems are what I look forward to reading on Sundays… this is a raw and poignant write! ❤️
October 27th, 2019 3:34 pm
This feels like one of those staring-at-the-ceiling moments, waiting for The Right Words to come while good words are already filing quietly into their seats.
October 27th, 2019 3:35 pm
I like the rhythm and liked the content too. So don’t stop writing. I will be back.
October 27th, 2019 5:13 pm
I think one does one what will be the last poem we ever write. I like to think my last poem will be my dying words. Hopefully, they will be compassionate.
October 27th, 2019 7:47 pm
Don’t panic for the last poem you write can be entitled “The very last poem that I shall ever write”. There; does that feel better?
October 28th, 2019 7:10 am
Perhaps it’s better not to know which is the last. And yes, it’s no good trying to boss them around!
October 28th, 2019 7:23 am
I feel pretty much the same – no idea if each poem will be the last or even how a poem will end.