The Bloom

grooveamaticgrooveamatic Posts: 1,374
edited March 2006 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Oh, you woman, things don't bloom at once
In the springtime
They bloom in clusters--
Their roots are all mangled together
Interconnected
So they slide into blossom in communities
(colorful little towns)
Of life;
The sun rises and the sun falls
And the insects join the birds in chorus
And slowly in chunks
The world moves into it's waking future.

Woman why are you blind to this?

It is not as if the grass, the elms, the buzzing cicadas
Sit up with a jolt on April third
So that you may venture out again.
You must taste these things gradually,
Like the rest of us.

It is when things begin to die
That you are most succinctly correct:
Stuff dies fast
And mostly allatonce
And they smell as you drive past them
In the dark.
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  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    Oh, you woman, things don't bloom at once
    In the springtime
    They bloom in clusters--
    Their roots are all mangled together
    Interconnected
    So they slide into blossom in communities
    (colorful little towns)
    Of life;
    The sun rises and the sun falls
    And the insects join the birds in chorus
    And slowly in chunks
    The world moves into it's waking future.

    Woman why are you blind to this?

    It is not as if the grass, the elms, the buzzing cicadas
    Sit up with a jolt on April third
    So that you may venture out again.
    You must taste these things gradually,
    Like the rest of us.

    It is when things begin to die
    That you are most succinctly correct:
    Stuff dies fast
    And mostly allatonce
    And they smell as you drive past them
    In the dark.
    LOVE it as usual...

    I don't know why I'm so blind personally to things beyond my control,
    I guess I have to start wearing my glasses.:D...evil little lenses...:D
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • pearlmuttpearlmutt Posts: 392
    groove,
    you have an interesting combination of stanzas -- the first couple like winter moving into spring and the last one like summer moving into fall.

    the speaker moves slowly almost like he's getting up and watching patiently for spring and enjoying all of its moments, but the woman, it's like she's whizzing by the world on a motorcyle on a late summer evening, maybe getting as much of that last warm night in as she can at one time -- that's my guess.

    it's just fantastically interesting, mood movement imagery all doing their thing in this -- i like it a lot.
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    groove, this is an excellent poem. thank you.
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • karma defectkarma defect Posts: 5,483
    Beautiful picture drawn by words.
    Nice going.
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • grooveamaticgrooveamatic Posts: 1,374
    thanks everybody..awfully nice of you...
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    I like this one very much too! :)
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  • DopeBeastieDopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    I like this, groove-a

    It, too, blooms in clusters. But as a female... reading, Oh you woman... things don't bloom at once...

    it's quite comforting.


    :)
  • *smile blooming on my face* :) Lovely, groovy!
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • grooveamaticgrooveamatic Posts: 1,374
    PastaNazi wrote:
    I like this, groove-a

    It, too, blooms in clusters. But as a female... reading, Oh you woman... things don't bloom at once...

    it's quite comforting.


    :)

    wow, this is not a reaction I anticipated, but me likey! And BE, how quite nice of you and how quite nice to hear from you again!
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  • DopeBeastieDopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    gosh, you're freekin' cute!


    :D



    and, I don't know about all those other girls, but I like it when a man tells me not to worry.... i actually listen
  • grooveamaticgrooveamatic Posts: 1,374
    PastaNazi wrote:
    gosh, you're freekin' cute!


    :D



    and, I don't know about all those other girls, but I like it when a man tells me not to worry.... i actually listen

    quite nice of you to say...you're quite the hottie yourself...

    and hey: don't worry. ;)
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  • DopeBeastieDopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    major blush



    :D
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