Friday 28 August 2009

The Plank

A lady

in a meditation group,

her long hair plaited like rope,

with a cabin boy smile and

40 year old pirate’s eyes

said ’The one trouble with

meditation is I fall

fast asleep’.

 

She produced a stale air-bed,

puffed it loudly, added a

sheet, a pillow, polka dot

duvet, plumped her cloudy craft,

yawned, de-robed, boarded up and

pulled away.


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20 comments:

  1. daCen243898828 August 2009 at 18:53

    cat like

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  2. *29 August 2009 at 01:45

    this is good stuff.

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  3. PoeticHeart29 August 2009 at 23:56

    Very well written. Really enjoyed this write =)

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  4. 3cube430 August 2009 at 22:15

    Great meter, rhythm, narrative, images; insightful and funny, thank you :-)

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  5. Anonymous21 November 2009 at 03:05

    Yep, great images :)

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  6. Obsidian Eagle27 February 2010 at 21:12

    Hehehe, I have encountered such persons at meditation sessions so I do not doubt the existence of this one.

    A nice, straightforward rhythm here.

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  7. edwardpughphoto14 December 2010 at 07:13

    Good one. Particularly liked, "… plumped her cloudy craft …".

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  8. pantechniconpoet@wordpress.com28 June 2011 at 21:39

    Sometimes I read and don't look inside the lines this time I took time and really enjoyed this..Many thanks . j.

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  9. Life in a Poem19 July 2011 at 08:25

    its a cute poem

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  10. pantechniconpoet@wordpress.com16 August 2011 at 03:56

    Like this one so eccentric.

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  11. Anonymous16 October 2011 at 18:07

    Lovely

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  12. Your Friend Susie5 February 2012 at 15:59

    I like this.

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  13. Nada Faris17 January 2013 at 20:51

    Very nice. I really like this. Keep up the good work.

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  14. Unknown19 January 2013 at 05:09

    Nice.

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  15. Christine Miller27 March 2013 at 17:40

    Love it :-) thanks for sharing

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  16. DAHodgkins14 April 2013 at 19:35

    "Polka dot duvet." Perfect!

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  17. Apurva26 April 2013 at 09:01

    i will put a like on it. it is funny and more funny.

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  18. Anonymous13 December 2014 at 17:30

    Interesting poem: what one might call a Max Planck, eh?

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  19. MARAGITADO14 March 2015 at 17:31

    Loved it! Thanks for sharing

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