Here is Throwback Friday post from βGo Dog Go Cafe β
My poem βWater-logged Boots, was published at FREE VERSE REVOLUTION, in November 2019, and thank you to the editor Kristiana for her kind consideration of my pieceβ¦
Water-logged Boots
Yes, I am small in this overburdened world
But I flutter freely when unfurled
I could be a family picture collage
Or a tiny squirrel amongst the foliage
On his journey, of ups and downs
Collecting and storing his acorns
The trick is to enjoy the ups
While the floodgates are shut
Sometimes, I did nearly drown
Other times, I floated upside down
During the many seasonal rains
I wondered if I would ever swim again
So then, I pretended to write a biblical book
Ignorantly thinking no-one would ever look
Afterwards, I thought I could walk on water
Then my boots became water-logged
And if you need to walk a mile in my shoes
You will have to learn howβ¦
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What a great poem filled with simple metaphors and life’s wisdom. It’s humbling.
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Iβm no stranger to waterlogged boots myself Ivor. They still get you where you need to go π₯Ύπ π
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We trudge on through the slosh
Oh my, and golly gosh
Again, did we lose the toss
And we’ll need a change of boots
Before we slip on the gathering moss
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Funnily enough I commented on someone elseβs poem the other day about sphagnum moss! I believe it was https://seanmathews.blog/2021/05/28/you-complete-me/
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Hmmm ‘sphagnum moss’ , they adhere to other plants, and either livng or dead they can store water … ππ
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Telling it how it is – A true representation π
I floated upside down during the many seasonal rains I wondered if I would ever swim again.Loved it π
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Thank You Sue , and one of the poems that didnβt make my book, and maybe it should been there πππ
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So true! So relatable!
And Congrats, Ivor! A worthy poem to be published…for sure!!!
(((HUGS))) π
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Haha… I’m not sure why I didn’t put it in my ‘Book” .. πππ
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love this clever poem with so many lovely metaphors Ivorβ£οΈ
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Thank You Cindy .. and yes I enjoy creating metaphors ππ
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You’re so welcomeβ£οΈ
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And I should be asleep, itβs 1.45am here in Geelong π΄π
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oh my get sleeping.. NN sleep tightβ£οΈ
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