Right.
So I figure the only way to actually start posting stuff is to actually start posting stuff. Wow, that was incredibly clear. What I mean is, if I want people to start reading the things I write, the only way to do that is by actually posting something to begin with. So here we go! I actually haven't given this poem a title yet. I wrote this on a day where it was overcast, I was in a glum mood (hip-hip-hoorah!) and I decided to take a bike ride down to the lakefront. I'm glad I did; it's amazing what you can find there on an overcast day. The sky and the water were practically the same exact color, and you couldn't even distinguish the horizon. Birds flew in lines accross the sky, Canadian geese swam and gaggles, and two ducks caught my attention. They stemmed this poem.
I won't explain what this poem is about, it's actually one of the poems that I've written that's a lot easier to understand, and it's in a style that I usually don't write poems in (I used rhyme for once in my life!). Also, I want you to figure it out for yourself. ;-) What a poem is about depends not only how the author thought of it and wrote it, but how the reader interprets it as well.
Here it is: Help me decide on a name if you want. I'd been considering "Conversing Ducks" but I feel like that's too simple almost. Or not...
Conversing Ducks
on the shimmering murk
while a cloud comes in on lake.
Two Birds of a Feather
flock together;
an advantage which they’ll take.
No screeching gossip
had of those Seagulls,
None of that they’ll have today.
“Hank!” one says,
companion to the other,
“Honk!” the other seems to say.
No beautiful songs
of the Sparrows around;
No, no that extraordinaire.
Talents like that, well,
neither of them have,
though none of them seem to care.
The dark cloud comes in,
and so does the rain;
the two carry on right through.
And look at that;
Gab along, they keep go!
Together, they’ll remain true.
Conversing Ducks,
two friends of a feather,
their reassurance given,
With honks to and fro,
on and on they go!
Through life lakes yet to be ridden.
Wow, that post ended up being a lot longer than I expected. Okay, well, hopefully I won't be so swamped with work and too lazy in the near future to not post another one. Maybe I'll get around to posting my huge collection of poems I'm working on... we'll see. =D
