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Magpie #51

by jhon baker

I’ve never fallen to my knees
     and prayed to God;
tumbling on loose cobblestones
in old town squares,
I’ve spilled coffee over my shoes
but not often new ones.

perplexed but not quite daunted
or reversed stretching out at the frailty
     and being only man among men,
     poets.

2.
walk with me,
though I do not walk so much as sway, pitch
or stagger.

walk with me,
though I shall be muted, scarcely
swinging my arms at the sides.

walk with me,
though hell I walk, ancient seraphim
in ash and agony.

walk with me,
though hell is too wide for eidetic
narrative.
 
– Hoc Scripsi

image by Tess at Magpie Tales #51

Posted on February 4, 2011 at 10:59 am in Uncategorized   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL

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9 Comments to “Magpie #51”

    
  1. Talli Roland
    February 4, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    Love the bit about spilling coffee on not-new shoes.

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  2. Lynne
    February 4, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    Jhon, I really like this.. It reads smooth and it makes me want to know “him” more.. maybe take a walk with him..
    Very nice Magpie!

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  3. Jingle
    February 5, 2011 at 7:49 pm

    walking with your words is fantastic.

    love your take here.
    beautiful poetry.

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  4. Sherry Blue Sky
    February 5, 2011 at 9:45 pm

    I enjoyed this, Jhon, especially “perplexed but not quite daunted”….and the picturesque description ofyour walking………good poem. Glad you found your way to Poets United:)

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  5. signed...bkm
    February 5, 2011 at 11:31 pm

    nice writing, I really like the asking in the second piece though ….sway, pitch or stagger..

    a sense of hope from the first piece to the second…and that one is not alone…bkm

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  6. Tess Kincaid
    February 7, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    Beautiful piece. (It did bring to mind the Seinfeld episode about the girl who didn't swing her arms when she walked.)

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  7. Pat Tillett
    February 7, 2011 at 8:41 pm

    Really good!
    “…though I do not walk so much as sway, pitch
    or stagger.” I like this line a great deal!

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  8. Jhon Baker
    February 7, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    I humbly thank you all for these kind words – I am quite glad that connected with it. now it only needs a title… any offerings??

    Reply
  9. KMShear
    February 9, 2011 at 10:19 am

    “With Shoulders Back” is all I seem to be able to come up with…

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