if i listen

random (maybe not so random) thoughts

poor froggie,

tries to burrow

under the rocks.

my kitchen table

is cold

compared to Africa.

i listen,

but he no longer

speaks to me.

except

in my disjointed

dreams

where i am swallowed

by all the things

i have yet to do.

Author's Note

ever felt overwhelmed by all the stuff you have to do?

Reviews

[Sikandar Khan]

Ohhh Nice To Convert Thought Into Poem

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for popping in.

[Sikandar Khan]

Its my pleasure

[Corset]

what I love about you...everything is simple and true to form, an African frog trying to hide, is how I often feel myself...overwhelming when I think of morning some, then I brush it way with gratitude that there might be another morning...

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you. As different as we are alike ...:)

[Corset]

lovely like that :)

[Ana Papaya]

This froggie never turned into a prince I take it?
I like this.

[Lyn Anderson]

Nope. The froggie is alive and well in a bowl on my kitchen table.

[Ana Papaya]

oh, and here I am once again thinking every frog in every poem you write is a prince charming candidate.

[Lyn Anderson]

nope, only the ones with dirt on their boots ...lol

[Alfred Kukitz]

Great line KL!

Swallowed by activity. I had a similar experience with the forest.

Regards,
Al

[Lyn Anderson]

You are an interesting fellow.:)

[Alfred Kukitz]

Thanks! If you don't mind I'm kissing your sweet lips!

[Lyn Anderson]

Whatever floats your boat, hon. I do believe I shall switch to pink soon.

[Alfred Kukitz]

Hoota Hotta!

[Lydia Shutter]

Varied thoughts, but always worthy of a poem. Life is too filled up with "stuff" to do sometimes. Our thoughts run the gambit....and we ARE swallowed up by responsibility. Always a pleasure, KL. Lydi**

[Lyn Anderson]

You have it. Thanks for hopping in

[Tony Jordan]

He'll never make prince if he keeps hiding unless he only wants to be prince of your dreams.
I hope it's not the frog out of the joke about the library in which he was handed book after book and he just kept saying 'reddit, reddit!'

I enjoyed my first KL Goode read. Thank you for posting.
:)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for reading and reviewing.

[Tony Jordan]

My pleasure.

[Einstein Noodle]

this particularly speaks volumes to me:
"my kitchen table
is cold
compared to Africa."
and who hasn't been harried in the course of living .. while ice fishing all by myself on a pretty remote little pond .. as i hovered over the hole my thoughts slowly wound down and my self exclamation was; "Wow ... all that noise of the city was inside my own head" ... hmmmmmmmm! ;) i like this poem KL. its so everyday living with grace and poetry added :)
E.

[Lyn Anderson]

thank you. I always think of you when I am contemplating my frog.:)

[Einstein Noodle]

cuuuroak! burrrrrrrrrrrrup! splash splash; swim swim swim!

[Lyn Anderson]

Only because my very first froggie poem was taken as a metaphor -- it was an ode to you, and people interpreted the frog as a made up thing. It makes me smile to this day. You inspire me, though I rarely speak in deep and tangled metaphor.:)

[Einstein Noodle]

ohhhhhhhh but your lips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :O) did i read that one?

[Lyn Anderson]

I am not sure if you did or not

[Einstein Noodle]

well which one is it my dahlink...i must go read it! and write one for you in return ;)

[Lyn Anderson]

hang on I have to look through 1250 poems ...

[Einstein Noodle]

i have time ...ladeedahdeedah dah dah dee dee lalalalalalalalalalalal :) ok...i really don't ... i am off to start me day with breakfast and walk the doggy .. be well and stay safe my friend! with peace and joy ..i'm going to send you good vibes on my dog walk ..so be ready OK!?

[Lyn Anderson]

http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/amendoim1988/1798734/

[Lyn Anderson]

the original thought was inspired by a poem by hd rushin -- whose work I find similar to yours in many ways -- but it always makes me think of you.

[Lyn Anderson]

Looking through the poems I have a bit of a froggie obsession -- one entitled "Musings of a boiled frog", another "Kissing frogs in lieu of common sense", and "froggie" --

[Einstein Noodle]

you are the best Lips! i will make sure i have read them all :) i was sitting by our outdoor fire pit burning some collected old wood ..nothing like gazing into fire to spark the dreamy eh!? it was right around 1 or 1:30 in the afternoon and suddenly my vibes went out to KL Goode! really! not kidding! did you feel it? :) (((((((((KL)))))))))))

[jacob erin-cilberto]

burrowing to avoid facing the truth...whether they are words, or feelings....like two people who know it's over but don't want to hurt each other by expressing the words..they know the frog relationship is not going to turn into a prince of one...

j.

[Lyn Anderson]

I like your take. Although in this case the anxiety is a little more generalized, it definitely could be that way.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

PS made me think of the Rod Stewart song 'I don't Want to Talk About It'...."I don't want to talk about it, how you broke my heart. If I stay here just a little bit longer,
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart, whoa, heart?"

[Lyn Anderson]

nice song.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

If random means thoughtless I fear not in your head 'M'. Free association perhaps? As Redzone aptly puts it it feels as if the protagonist is hiding from some duty/chore and of course 'the kitchen table' would be cold as Africa as it is an isolated place when one needs to get up and get on with it. Consumed perhaps by memories of loss or memories of something best forgotten which when dwelt upon cause inertia.

[Lyn Anderson]

oh, thanks. definitely procrastinating. Watching the African dwarf frog try to burrow