Is it Friday again already? Not having had a vacation in several years, I may never return to normal human work again! Then again, I haven’t been overly successful monetizing my brain, or my body for that matter, so perhaps maintaining the status quo for now would be appropriate.
I think the heat may finally be starting to get to me a tad. I WAS wonderfully prolific yesterday in the poetry realm but they are all rather peculiar. That said, I’m still somewhat fond of all of them in a quasi- damaged, not entirely health way.
I believe today’s release is a theme that’s been touched on before in a more serious context. Regardless, it’s one that I believe in strongly and is worthy of a revisit. Plus I really like some of the lines.
“Busted Eggshells”, May 31, 2018
Shattered ambitions can still be reborn
Put from mind the bitter outsider’s scorn
Fit the biggest pieces back together
Broken dreams are hardly gone forever
Scrape your fresh corpse from off the jagged rocks
First shoo off the gulls and that one cute fox
You may not recover all of the scraps
But the framework vision sure needs not lapse
That graceful Humpty Dumpty’s engineers
Likely should have chosen other careers.
I mean come on, it sounds to me like they just didn’t try all that hard to put him back together. I’m sensing some sort of inside plot. Hamlet-style y’all.
For the record, the first draft was way weirder still than the finished product. At least I omitted the carrion birds.:)
Friday Wisdom; be blessed, don’t get too messed, remember to stay dressed. At least in public anyway.
One Love.
-Alex Blaikie
Categories: original poetry writing
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A fractured mind held together by cellophane and some used tack.
“Scrape your fresh corpse off the jagged rocks” is my new mantra.
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Haha namaste!
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Another winner Alex! I like Humpty Dumpty reference 😊
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As always, you are too kind.:)
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Cutely weird, or weirdly cute – take your pick – either way, this poem fills me with optimism!
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Thank you!
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“Broken dreams are hardly gone forever.”
I will be putting this up on my wall 👌🏽 you nailed this piece 👏🏽
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Thanks so much!
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Honestly, besides this nice post, I just like your cool as hell name.
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“Shattered ambitions can still be reborn”
Powerful, thought that was the entire poem. 😁
Thank you so much for this.
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Love this.
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Oh, man, I love this post! ❤ I don't see a whole lot of rhyming poetry these days (besides my old, favorite classics) so this was absolutely amazing.
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Thanks so much! Rhyming’s the norm around here. I love it because even if the poem sucks at least I feel I did something right:)
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I enjoy your poems and the seamlessness of the rhyme scheme! I look forward to future posts from you!
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Thanks Daryl! My pleasure and you are extremely welcome here!
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thanks for going though my blog!
feeling honored that a person like you chose to read it…
and yes, loved the humpty dumpty reference 🙂
thanks again!
love
squigi~
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