Secrets
I will tell the truth no matter
how heavy or strange
mouth frozen open
face locked
lips too stiff to whisper
tell you all with few
words, spare
but brim and slant
pressed by the weight
of what you want to hear.
--smh
This poem is a magpie tale.
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interesting weekend reading . . .
And now, here's a secret I've been keeping:
Is it that I hate to drive? No, everyone knows that.
Is it that I have never been to Missouri? Could be, but who would care?
Is it that I have to drive to Missouri
BY MYSELF this weekend?
Maybe, but that would be unthinkable. Ludicrous. Wait . . . .
REALLY?! Whatever for?
That's what I keep asking myself. (er . . . I mean . . . family reunion).
But Small Works will return (positive thinking!)
after I have driven myself back home from Missouri, June 14.
Just in time for dental surgery. Yippee!
Be good while I'm gone!
I'll be keeping an eye from over at
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24 comments:
Happy Trails to YOU! Look at it this way-you can stop anywhere!
I'm enjoying your Magpie Tales.
A family reunion followed by dental surgery... hope you're getting the worst of your summer plans over with all at once! (Actually I've been to some fun midwestern family reunions.)
But at least now you have a beautiful studio to come home and recuperate in.
Safe travels!
Another great poem. I'm expecting the smh anthology to be published someday.
Missouri--home of Lambert's Cafe and their Amazing Throwed Rolls. I don't know WHERE in Missouri you are going, but there is a Lambert's in Sikeston and one in Ozark. It's definitely worth the drive, even if you hate to drive!
What a great poem -- I went to that site and thought that I would write my own poem, but yours kept echoing in my head. I guess I'll have to get there first next time.:o)
I drove to Arkansas for a family reunion once -- had a wonderful time. Hope yours is as fun. Drive safely.
Not sure if you're talking to her, or if she's talking (somehow!), but love the ambiguity of it either way!
That last line...
"pressed by the weight
of what you want to hear."
perfect.
- Dina
I have already considered that I could stop anywhere, which will be nice, especially if it involves something called an Amazing Throwed Roll (thanks, Judy!)
So glad that some of you are enjoying reading a little poetry now and then, because I'm having great fun writing it!
WILL I BE SEEING SOME OF YOURS??!!
Have fun in Branson! :) Give my parents a big hug for me, k? Actually, you could just give everyone a hug for me ;o)
Have a great time in Missouri....with the family....cute post....bkm
you express the nature and life of secrets told :)
happy travels - play the radio :)
smh,
I expect that she tells a different secret to each listener, but then you knew that!
Nice magpie poem.
rel
I like the bit about the pressure of what you want to hear, I thought that was great.
Oh my ... I have spent many a fine hour driving throughout Missouri! Wish I could take your place ~ but then your family would miss YOU! Nice Magpie ......
Ah, the secret! Have a great trip and maybe you could return too late for the dental surgery? I'd sure try. :)
have a great trip, what a creative way to leave a note on your front door
Safe travels!!!
What a great job you did with this magpie tale. I hope I can come up with something half as good!
At 65, I've done it! My poetry book - Life's Journey by Carmen Henesy - is out on Amazon!
( Poems about the things that have been important to me in my journey through life, some humorous, some sad, some that may have meaning to you as well )
http://www.amazon.com/Lifes-Journey-1-Carmen-Henesy/dp/1451547366/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274652997&sr=1-1
WT comes from a long line of Missour-ah boys. Safe travels. Enjoy those billboards. (I swear, there's more billboards in MO than anywhere else in the world.)
Haunting! And I love those closing lines.
Good magpie.
i hope that you had a great trip and are home safe at this point...nice magpie, we do tend to slant our words, you only need to read the comments we get to tell. smiles. nice magpie!
Came here via Magpie and am deeply smitten by your evocative words. Lovely!
Bon Voyage!
This is my second Magpie and I love it.
I loved the opening lines (and the rest that followed!):
"I will tell the truth no matter
how heavy or strange"
Awesome.
I enjoyed the poem. Oh, what life's secrets hold.
Hope the surgery went well!
2nd magpie,
but top tale!
you are creative and fun...
lovely writing!
;)
great magpie! look forward to reading more
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