Monday, November 16, 2009

I don't really like saying anything

it's so lamely obvious to sit here,
an aging ham on a cold veneer of knotty pine,

chrome tubes austere in the Bauhaus style
hoping to support the paunch of gravitas
that seeks, in its Laconian chill,
the awkward lacuna of now:

then, of course, that moment,

thrusting forward trying to spurt this

po
em.
Posted by gerry boyd at 6:06 PM

11 comments:

  1. HarlequinNovember 16, 2009 at 9:16 PM

    then, of course, that moment....
    what a sweet line, I think; and I also loved the thrust and spurt... especially the trying... looks like it took ( at least ) two efforts.
    great visual.

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  2. ShadowNovember 16, 2009 at 11:22 PM

    oh, this sounded so hard to do, heee heee heeee

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  3. Megan DuffyNovember 17, 2009 at 8:33 AM

    Your "aging ham on a cold veneer of knotty pine" is just as good as
    "a tattered coat upon a stick."

    Yeah!

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  4. adityaNovember 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM

    Brilliant. I could feel the po-em completely.

    It is a difficult art, Gerry. To portray the lackadaisical disinterest with such sublimation of words. Its a beauty Gerry !

    I felt what you felt, here :

    http://dippingbutterflies.blogspot.com/2009/10/languor-diagnosed.html

    not long ago.

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  5. Dulçe ♥November 17, 2009 at 12:32 PM

    I love your words! Such a long time since I came here... Did I ever come here. (?)
    What I know for sure is that you were my very first follower and the one who opened me this door to blogland.
    I'll always thank you for that, always, GerrY!
    Blessings!

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  6. gerry boydNovember 18, 2009 at 5:49 AM

    Yes, Dulce, you've been here before. Haven't we all? I am glad your blog is prospering.

    Aditya: I checked out your poem and left a comment there.

    Harlequin and Shadow: thanks for getting this.

    Megan: too kind, really. really.

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  7. Nevine SultanNovember 19, 2009 at 9:37 AM

    I didn't realize you had a blog. Not until you posted a comment and I followed the link. Where have I been? Obviously, missing your...

    po
    em

    s

    Visual. And external on the surface. But internal in the effort, the thrusting forward. Incredible! Really.

    Nevine

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  8. gerry boydNovember 19, 2009 at 10:14 AM

    welcome Nevine, thank you for your kinds words.

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  9. Francis ScudellariNovember 19, 2009 at 5:51 PM

    I love the phrase "awkward lacuna of now". A fabulous spurting.

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  10. gerry boydNovember 19, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    thx FS. am I weird? yes.

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  11. CalliNovember 20, 2009 at 12:33 PM

    Good stuff, Gerry. So sorry, I have been missing the link to your blog for some time now.

    Thanks again~
    Calli

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