However, my poetry writing sort of faded away as I was in college and was instead replaced by keeping a journal. I really had no need for poems when I got there, I just wanted to remember everything as it happened and not as some rhyme fest of emotions.
But eventually that changed and I needed poetry again. I remember I went to a dance recital at school and with the programs they handed out this poem with it and I was inspired. Inspired to write something simple with meaning, something with unforced rhymes, something that would make other people think. So the next semester I signed up for poetry writing and had that poem taped to the inside of my binder the whole time....
Flash forward to three days ago when I was cleaning stuff up in my room and I found the poem, still taped to my binder looking over all the poems I wrote that year. And I still loved it. So no, I'm not sharing one of my poems but I will share the poem that inspired me. It's simple and almost sad, but it makes you think and that's what I like most about it. So here goes, hope you like it:
20 years on a tightrope
twenty years on a tightrope
under a canvas sky,
to please a crowd of green gorillas
while i walk and cry,
and nearly fall from dizziness,
and nearly die from loneliness,
but always seeking happiness,
under a canvas sky.
but i'll be walking ninety years,
slipping, calling, never falling,
only feeling the fear of falling,
only feeling the fear to die,
to please a crowd of green gorillas
under a canvas sky.
-bill dickey
twenty years on a tightrope
under a canvas sky,
to please a crowd of green gorillas
while i walk and cry,
and nearly fall from dizziness,
and nearly die from loneliness,
but always seeking happiness,
under a canvas sky.
but i'll be walking ninety years,
slipping, calling, never falling,
only feeling the fear of falling,
only feeling the fear to die,
to please a crowd of green gorillas
under a canvas sky.
-bill dickey
6 comments:
I love it. I love the part about always this and always that. Very inspirational.
I love the "under a canvas sky" repeating line. Thanks for sharing this!
Those inspirational moments are so beautiful, thank you for sharing!
very cool katelin! one of these days i will go to my house and try to find some posting inspiration! cos stuff from the past is always a great way to learn about someone
I love when I come across something that inspires me to be better, think better, feel better... It is so good you still had that poem and you can look back and remember.
I came across an old receipt with a poem I'd written on it years ago and had to smile. It's good revisiting things sometimes, especially things that have inspired us.
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