Friday, February 7, 2014

gather

drawer tossed notebooks
beat up dog-eared n'good

binders jammed with poems
coffee ringed beauties

rumpled ragged songs
guitar case gems

loose and worn
my fallen, folded words

 - she says    gather
          gather them all
and find
   the narrative thread

20 comments:

  1. Wonderful, Ollie..........yes, do - what a book the Tired Monk could write, filled with his dog-eared wisdom.

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  2. ahhh, for a second i thought she was gonna say BURN EM. whew!

    i've noticed some narrative threads here, just saying. :)

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  3. redemption's story, again and again

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  4. Find the narrative thread is good advice . " coffee ringed beauties" is a great line!

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  5. find the thread through them all...
    ha, she is a wise one...

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    1. i have a shelf where i keep all my notebooks
      its fun to go back and read..
      to see where we have come from
      and the change in our writing

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  6. This is fantastic. Poignant and hilarious at the same time. I normally hate poems about writing, but this is a welcome exception.

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  7. Brother Ollie,

    It is lovely to look back and consider words written at other times. To understand the influence and the emmage, which still rests there, even after a period of gathering dust, or tiredness...I am glad that you have retained them all:)

    Happy Writing Days,
    Eileen:)

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  8. I refer to my own piles of notebooks as my "paper trail"...

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  9. So much history here--we all have our way of writing and when it carries so much life with it, it's wonderful!

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  10. absolutely smashing.my best read of the day.loved it to bits.

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  11. Find the narrative thread and publish the perfected versions. At least i've immensely enjoyed reading your poetry.

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  12. each scrap saved to construct the collective quilt of a life… beautiful poem.

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  13. Oh I can imagine how much material there would be. Go for it.

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  14. This made me laugh out loud! Love your 'voice' in this poem and her 'voice,.' too.

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  15. Brother Ollie,

    Words which are well worth conserving for a second reading. Clarity can make the first thoughts seem different, and add a new dimension..
    Eileen:)

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  16. the narrative thread is there i think....interesting storyline.... :)

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  17. Back for another read.......am now awaiting The Book!!!!!!

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  18. "guitar case gems" - those ones...yah, those are the best ones.

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