Friday, August 17, 2012

Crestfallen




So you ask

Am I angry?
Fuck yes I am
How could I not be
Do you think I live
With my heart
Divorced from me
Fuck yes I’m angry
Wouldn’t you
Feel torn in two
A million jagged pieces
Tearing their way
Out of you
So you ask
Am I angry
And I say to you
No, I’m not angry
I hurt, but then again
So would you

Chris McQueeney    8/17/12    5:32 P.M.

Crestfallen: Photo by Photographer Roger Gutierrez - photo.net

7 comments:

  1. Don't be angry. Here's a smile...

    :-)

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  2. yep and sometimes that anger allows us to get through the pain...cool pic too man...

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  3. how we put on a good face....

    very nice, chris. but i have a problem: i don't know when your poems reflect your place and space or when they come from a prompt. from a writing point of view, i don't need to know, right?

    but if/when you're hurting i'd like to know..

    love
    kj

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  4. The Old Back And Forth

    Yes, it's all just true
    so damn straight up right on true.
    You have stripped my heart
    clean out, drained me dry,
    what you said I did to you
    sometime last Tuesday.

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  5. Love the hokey image - it contrasts with the depth of the poem. The figure reminds me of Schroeder (the piano playing Peanuts character)



    Am I the only one who automatically assumes that poetry is simply writing - not personal? Have I overlooked an important facet of poetic writing? Does the poet write as his/her flow of emotion dictates - or does the poet create a scene and then feel the emotion they've newly conjured?

    Or perhaps both?

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