found

an impulse, it should grow

do you find yourself

in my words?

 

do you gather hope

from the matter

in-between wandering lines?

 

do you wonder

if you will find my foolish heart

at the end of the page?

Author's Note

it's been so long since I had that impulse, I had to let it loose

it will grow or not depending on its own whim

Reviews

[Desert Dreamer]

This poem makes me want to ask you, I guess it makes me "wonder",
"Do you find yourself in" your words?
"Do you gather hope from the matter
in-between wandering lines?"
Do you find your heart at the end of the pages your write?
and then I want to ask myself the same questions about my own writing. And I hope that for both of us the answer is yes.
I like your poem very much. But I don't find myself in your words, I just can't no matter how much I try, but I do find myself in my words, so if this were my poem (which I know it isn't, but I like it so much I want to make the suggestion), I would change the two "my"s to "your"s.

[Ruth]

Nice! This is wonderfully done Emily, a great piece, makes me think! Often wonder what there is to find between lines! lol xx

[Creepy Swine Guy]

No ... I don't find myself in your words. Often I find plain and simple truth. I find solace and reassurance that the things that I was taught are important ... are indeed. That I'm not alone in my old ... simple ways.

[raining]

i have to read what you say, and say hello again, from wandering. yes, getting to see you when you write is a nice thing indeed.

i personally have not been able to write, having been hit with a spell i think it is.

[Tony]

Yes, yes and yes. Absolutely.

Tony

[Collodi]

Sweet and hopeful, Em. Clever metaphor of being in your own words and inviting your reader to find you there. You give your reader yourself and share, and the reader finds your kind smile there. Always a pleasure. Be well.

[Gandré]

Well, this is so great about poetry, sometimes I find poet's words and sometimes they open a new perspective. I found your small poem and the review of Munir Awad really adorable.. Mostly, I find your heart on the end of your poem, yes.

[hawker]

I would love to find myself in words as wonderful as these. I hope this grows, I feel it would turn out to be something truly beautiful.

[Gustan Joseph]

I like it the way it is.

[Ed Hart]

what foolish heart? you are the very center of what happens here...for me, you are the reason I keep coming back...