When Sounds Fail
Although I could write a novel for you, I stutter
when you’re around.
Oceans between us, phones won’t work, but I’ll send
you a letter instead.
Incapable of uttering a single sound, will I write
to you.
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
A Poem a Day for November - Day 14: When Sounds Fail
Two weeks in! Yay! Today's poem is part of dVerse Poets Pub's American Sentence challenge. Basically an American Sentence (coined by Allen Ginsberg) is kinda like a haiku, in that it has 17 syllables, but are not broken down into 3 lines, instead they are one continuous line. At the begining of November I got Laryngitis so I could not talk, just observe & write. So that was kind of this inspiration of this poem. I hope you like it! Let me know what you think! :-)
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hey i would take a letter...not too many letters flying these days, sadly...i like the smell that comes with them too...smiles. and the personal touch of the missive in our own handwriting...
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you. Typed and hand-written words can very, very different indeed! :-)
Deletequite like these, Katie ~
ReplyDeleteThank you, I'm glad! & thanks for all of your support! :-)
DeleteAlthough I write haiku I don't think I can write these. Very good job Katie
ReplyDeleteI didn't think I would be able to either, it took a little bit of time for sure! I'm sure you'd do an awesome job! Thanks!! :-)
DeleteThese are very touching....and really VERY loving.
ReplyDeleteThank You! :-)
DeleteKatie - really wonderful - loved the stutter in the first - very nice. What part of SW MO? I live on Table Rock near Reeds Spring and Cape Fair. K
ReplyDeleteThank You!! :-) We don't live far at all, I'm in Springfield.
DeleteReally well done - I love them all ~ Congrats on your writing ~
ReplyDeleteThank You! :-)
DeleteI understand this. Writing is easier for me too - much rather write a letter than speak on the phone when circumstances are difficult...
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
I'm right there with you! Definitively more of a writer than a talker. :-)
DeleteI love how the last sentence is a statement rather than a question. So well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Glad you liked it! :-)
DeleteThat must have been an awful state to be in.
ReplyDeleteIt was kinda tough, but interesting for sure. :-)
DeleteI too prefer to writer, rather than expressing myself in spoken word. Well-penned. I loved the innocence of first statement. :-)
ReplyDelete-HA
*write
DeleteVery much so, writing is usually always my preference. Thank you! :-)
Deleteccccan't stutter in a letter, or cccan I?
ReplyDeleteThese "sound-failure" solutions are marvelous.
Oh, you can indeed!! Thank you! :-)
DeleteHow intriguing - how we love our written word and you have placed yours beautifully. Gggood Jjjjjob Katie ;-)
ReplyDeleteawww nice...esp. loved the first one....could write a novel but stuttering when he's around...oh i know this feel so very very well...smiles
ReplyDeleteI would say these constitute "The Sounds of Silence" - there are a lot of people who find talking painful. I have a friend who likes to have company but converses by email. She just finds the intimacy of conversation too disturbing and invasive but she's fine writing down her thoughts and ideas. I think you capture all these things brilliantly!
ReplyDeleteWriting is not too bad, but a frustrating state to be in. Love the oceans
ReplyDeleteGreat sentences about longing and feelings....that paint a picture for us
ReplyDeleteoh lovely!! knits well together
ReplyDeleteLike the progression on writing! Thanks for visiting! :)
ReplyDeleteI so know the feeling of being able to write a novel for someone but find it hard saying the words......these are great!
ReplyDeleteI like the first one very much. It has that active twist, a contrast of ways to communicate, to get you thinking.
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